Recorded 1989–2018 Girls' name Peak 1991 216 births

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.

1980s61990s1012000s302010s79
1990s
Peak decade

47% of everyone ever named Tessla was born in this single decade.

1991
Single peak year

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 2018

Total births

216

Since 1989

30 years of records

Peak year

1991

18 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

1989

Recorded for 30 years

Last year on file: 2018

Tessla popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1989

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (1991)
18
Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
05101520 20182015201220091999199519921989 6

Tessla by decade

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

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
101 births that decade — 47% of Tessla's all-time total
1980s61990s1012000s302010s79

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Tessla?
216 babies have been named Tessla since 1989. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 1991 with 18 births.
When was Tessla most popular?
Tessla was most popular in the 1990s decade with 101 total births. The single peak year was 1991.
How long has the name Tessla been used?
Tessla has been recorded in Social Security data since 1989, spanning 30 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Tessla?
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, 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.