Recorded 2016–2020 Girls' name Peak 2020 23 births

Tesley — girls' name

23 babies named Tesley in U.S. Social Security records since 2016, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2010s162020s7
2010s
Peak decade

70% of everyone ever named Tesley was born in this single decade.

2020
Single peak year

7 babies were named Tesley in 2020 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Tesley

The Social Security Administration has registered 23 babies named Tesley between 2016 and 2020, spanning 5 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tesley currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tesley performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Tesley shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tesley 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 23 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.

Tesley at a glance

Last recorded 2020

Total births

23

Since 2016

5 years of records

Peak year

2020

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2020

Active since

2016

Recorded for 5 years

Last year on file: 2020

Tesley popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–2016

Last recorded 2020
Peak year (2020)
7
Annual births at peak — across 5 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 2020201820172016 5

Tesley by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
16 births that decade — 70% of Tesley's all-time total
2010s162020s7

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Tesley?
23 babies have been named Tesley since 2016. It was last recorded in 2020. The peak year was 2020 with 7 births.
When was Tesley most popular?
Tesley was most popular in the 2010s decade with 16 total births. The single peak year was 2020.
How long has the name Tesley been used?
Tesley has been recorded in Social Security data since 2016, spanning 5 years of data through 2020.
What names are similar to Tesley?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Tessa, Tess, Tessie, Tesla, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2016–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.