Unisex name · since 2014
Teller
270 babies named Teller in U.S. Social Security records since 2014, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,240 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,107 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 270
- born since 2014
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Teller is the #2107 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 270 recorded since 2014.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Teller has been recorded 270 times among boys since 2014, currently ranked #2107 nationally and more common than 85% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2014 to 2025.
- #11,240 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,107 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 270 born since 2014
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Teller ranks #11,240 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,107 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 270 born since 2014, peaking in the 2020s.
- #11,240 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,107 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 270
- born since 2014
- 2020s
- peak decade
Teller's 270 recorded births place it above 75.28% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Teller compares
270 43rd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Teller's all-time total is 27% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Teller | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 270 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 70 | 34 | 22,252 |
Teller's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Teller's SSA record in two at 2020 and the more recent half accounts for 69% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 31%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2019, with only 9 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 70, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Teller popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 70
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Teller popularity over time - girls
20 total births recorded since 2023 (Teller as girls' name)
Teller by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (187 births, 69% of the file).
2020s was Teller's strongest decade.
187 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Teller births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
83 births
- 2020s
2020s
187 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 187 births (69% of all-time use).
Teller by state
Where Teller concentrates geographically, total births since 2014
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What to do with Teller's data
- Texas records the most Tellers (9 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Teller: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~11 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2014–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Teller draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.