Is Tela a boy or girl name?

Tela is a girl’s name. Of the 700 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 99.0% were girls and 1.0% were boys.

Tela

Recorded 1894–2018 · United States

Tela was most popular in 1985, when 45 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,572 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 700 people named Tela.

Tela over time

Births per year. The dot marks Tela’s peak in 1985. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Tela a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Tela is a girl’s name — 99.0% of the 700 Americans given it were girls and 1.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org