girls:
310 births since 1956
#5406 (5th percentile)
overall:
310 births since 1956
#7429 (4th percentile)
The name Teila is the #7,429 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 310 recorded births since 1956. This represents the 4.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,406 (5.4% percentile) for all time with 310 births since 1956.
Teila first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1956 (first recorded for girls in 1956). Birth data for Teila is available in 31 out of the 51 years between 1956 and 2006. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Teila reached its peak popularity in 1985, achieving the 4.5% percentile (ranked #764) with 22 births per million. The name was most common in 1985, with 22 births per million (ranked 4.5% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2006.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Teila".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Teila. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 83.8% confident that Teila is pronounced as TAY-luh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is TEE-luh, at 16.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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