Tesfa — boys' name

What the Data Says About Tesfa

The Social Security Administration has registered 38 babies named Tesfa between 1980 and 1991, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tesfa currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1991. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tesfa performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 33 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Tesfa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tesfa in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tesfa 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 38 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.