Tehila
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- teh-HEE-la
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,388 for girls
Tehila is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “praise; song of praise”. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 3,388th for girls in the US (45 babies).
What does Tehila mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew tehillah
“praise; song of praise”
The Hebrew name for the Book of Psalms, Tehillim, is the plural of tehillah.
Is Tehila a girl's or a boy's name?
Tehila is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 45 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tehila in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,409among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 467% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Tehila, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2013, with 8 girls.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more girls named Tehila than any year since 2013.
In 2025, 10 girls in the UK were given Tehila or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,226, up from #3,409 for this spelling alone.
- Tehila 7
- Tehilla 3
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Tehila in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 1 | #7,881 |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
How popular is Tehila in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,388among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 45about 1 in 36,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 45 girls in the US were named Tehila, making it the 3,388th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,914th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 50 girls. It first appears in the records in 1985.
Half of all the girls named Tehila in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 70 girls in the US were given Tehila or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,152, up from #3,388 for this spelling alone.
- Tehila 45
- Tehilla 25
Tehila in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45 | #3,388 |
| 2024 | 41 | #3,695 |
| 2023 | 50 | #3,225 |
| 2022 | 35 | #4,106 |
| 2021 | 45 | #3,434 |
| 2020 | 36 | #3,914 |
| 2019 | 37 | #3,922 |
| 2018 | 28 | #4,766 |
| 2017 | 41 | #3,696 |
| 2016 | 27 | #4,989 |
| 2015 | 25 | #5,286 |
| 2014 | 28 | #4,890 |
| 2013 | 29 | #4,753 |
| 2012 | 27 | #5,112 |
| 2011 | 29 | #4,806 |
| 2010 | 29 | #4,859 |
| 2009 | 30 | #4,804 |
| 2008 | 38 | #4,088 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 22 | #5,904 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,240 |
| 2004 | 28 | #4,703 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,790 |
| 2002 | 20 | #5,669 |
| 2001 | 30 | #4,103 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 18 | #5,275 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 18 | #5,260 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
Names like Tehila
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Raya Amira Anaya Amara Safa Khadija Maryam Hawa Amaya Aisha Ayla Liyana
Other spellings of Tehila
Names related to Tehila
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Tehila: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tehila, updated 20 October 2026.