Girls' name · since 2005
Teslyn
Teslyn has 41 recorded births since 2005 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2012 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #37,395 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 41
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Teslyn sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 41 recorded since 2005.
Social Security Administration records show Teslyn recorded 41 times among girls since 2005, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2017.
- #37,395 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 41 born since 2005
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Teslyn ranks #37,395 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 41 born since 2005, peaking in the 2010s.
- #37,395 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 41
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Teslyn's 41 recorded births place it above 48.26% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Teslyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Teslyn's SSA record in two at 2013 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2005, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2012 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Teslyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2017
- Peak year (2012)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Teslyn by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (36 births, 88% of the file).
2010s was Teslyn's strongest decade.
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 88% of all-time use.
Teslyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
36 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 36 births (88% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Teslyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2005–2017 (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 Teslyn 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.