girls:
2.6k births since 1985
#3397 (41st percentile)
boys:
98 births since 2009
#4488 (2nd percentile)
overall:
2.7k births since 1985
#5191 (33rd percentile)
The name Tesla is the #5,191 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,686 recorded births since 1985. This represents the 32.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 32.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,397 (40.6% percentile) for all time with 2,588 births since 1985. For boys, it ranks #4,488 (2.1% percentile) for all time with 98 births since 2009.
Tesla first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1985 (1985 for girls and 2009 for boys). Birth data for Tesla is available in 38 out of the 39 years between 1985 and 2023 (38 years for girls and 11 years for boys). 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.
The name Tesla has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 96.4% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Tesla reached its peak popularity in 2015, achieving the 16.9% percentile (ranked #798) with 86 births per million. The name was most common in 2015, with 86 births per million (ranked 16.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Tesla ranks #939 for girls (0.8% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 8.7% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Tesla reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 1.4% percentile (ranked #908) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2020.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Tesla".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Tesla. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 66.7% confident that Tesla is pronounced as TEH-sluh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is TEHZ-luh, at 33.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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