Tesla
Recorded 1985–2023 · United States
Tesla was most popular in 2016, when 180 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,384 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,687 people named Tesla.
Tesla over time
How old is the name Tesla?
Tesla first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1985, which makes it about 40 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 38 of the 41 years since.
How many people are named Tesla?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,687 American births named Tesla between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,657 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Tesla in 2025?
Tesla was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Is Tesla getting more or less popular?
Tesla is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 20 births a year, against 126 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -84% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Tesla a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Tesla is a girl’s name — 96.4% of the 2,687 Americans given it were girls and 3.6% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 92% girls and 8% 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.
How old is someone named Tesla?
Roughly 2,657 Americans named Tesla are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 17 years old, and half are between 11 and 31.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Tesla is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org