Telma — #13540 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Telma

The Social Security Administration has registered 269 babies named Telma between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Telma currently holds the #13540 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1976, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Telma performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 70 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Telma shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Telma in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Telma in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 269 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.