Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Tela

#8,888 most common girls' name of all time · #14,856 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1894–2018

Rank among girls
#8,888
Rank overall
#14,856 of 105,966
First appeared
1894
Years on the list
59 of 146
All-time
700
Since 2016
9
Peak year
1985 #2,262
Best rank
#1,700 1894
Girls Boys peak 45/yr
190019201940196019802000

Tela first appears in 1894. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2018 9 — 9 #10,594
2015 6 — 6 #14,560
2013 5 — 5 #16,655
2011 8 — 8 #12,210
2010 6 — 6 #15,037
2008 7 — 7 #13,893
2007 11 — 11 #10,164
2006 10 — 10 #10,650
2005 13 — 13 #8,357
2004 12 — 12 #8,751
2003 6 — 6 #13,918
2002 10 — 10 #9,523
2001 16 — 16 #6,642
2000 13 — 13 #7,614
1999 20 — 20 #5,238
1998 21 — 21 #4,970
1997 25 7 32 #4,249
1996 5 — 5 #13,621
1995 11 — 11 #7,559
1994 14 — 14 #6,346
1993 15 — 15 #5,988
1992 12 — 12 #7,102
1991 19 — 19 #5,023
1990 19 — 19 #4,883
1989 13 — 13 #6,187
1988 20 — 20 #4,330
1987 19 — 19 #4,313
1986 28 — 28 #3,213
1985 45 — 45 #2,262
1984 33 — 33 #2,738
1983 6 — 6 #9,101
1982 11 — 11 #5,957
1981 10 — 10 #6,371
1980 10 — 10 #6,372
1979 11 — 11 #5,810
1978 10 — 10 #6,014
1977 12 — 12 #5,260
1976 13 — 13 #4,645
1974 7 — 7 #6,978
1972 6 — 6 #7,402
1971 9 — 9 #5,598
1970 14 — 14 #4,074
1969 5 — 5 #7,581
1968 10 — 10 #4,536
1967 11 — 11 #4,103
1966 7 — 7 #5,346
1965 7 — 7 #5,372
1964 12 — 12 #3,918
1963 6 — 6 #5,995
1962 8 — 8 #4,922
1961 9 — 9 #4,603
1960 9 — 9 #4,499
1959 6 — 6 #5,663
1957 6 — 6 #5,475
1956 5 — 5 #6,091
1955 5 — 5 #5,980
1948 6 — 6 #4,759
1947 6 — 6 #4,849
1894 5 — 5 #1,700