Tessla — girls' name
216 babies named Tessla in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
47% of everyone ever named Tessla was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Tessla in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tessla
The Social Security Administration has registered 216 babies named Tessla between 1989 and 2018, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tessla currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tessla performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 101 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Tessla shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tessla 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 216 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.
Tessla at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tessla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1989
- Peak year (1991)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
216 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 18 births in a single year.
Tessla by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 101 births that decade — 47% of Tessla's all-time total
Tessla decade highlights
- Peak decade 101 births
- Runner-up 79 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Tessla's strongest decade
101 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
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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, 1989–2018 (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.