How Many People Are Named Tela?
An estimated 643 people in the United States have the first name Tela. It is predominantly female (99.0%). The average bearer is 39 years old, and Tela peaked in popularity in 1985 with 45 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Tela as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Tela paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
643
About 1 in 533,055 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
99.0% confidence
Average Age
39
years old
Peak Year
1985
45 births
Total Registered
700
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Tela
Tela is predominantly female (99.0%), though 7 male births have been registered. It functions as a unisex name for a small percentage of bearers.
Tela as a male name
Ranked #8,022 in 1997
7 male births in 1997
Peak: 1997 (7 births)
Tela as a female name
Ranked #11,348 in 2018
9 female births in 2018
Peak: 1985 (45 births)
Tela: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Tela span from the 1890s to the 2010s, covering 9 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1980s, when 195 babies were registered. Tela has declined significantly from its peak in the 1980s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Tela by Decade
How has Tela tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Tela + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Tela as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Tela
Other first names starting with T with a similar number of bearers.
Tela: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Tela?
We estimate approximately 643 people named Tela are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 533,055 Americans share this first name.
Is Tela a common name?
Tela is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 86.9% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 700 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Tela most popular?
Tela reached peak popularity in 1985, when 45 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Tela is approximately 39 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Tela a female name?
Tela is predominantly female. 99.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Tela Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Tela Smith, Tela Johnson, Tela Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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