Tehilla
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- teh-HEE-la
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,098 for girls
Tehilla is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “praise; song of praise”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 5,098th for girls in the US (25 babies).
What does Tehilla mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Tehila; Hebrew tehillah
“praise; song of praise”
The Hebrew name for the Book of Psalms, Tehillim, is the plural of tehillah.
Meaning borrowed from Tehila.
Is Tehilla a girl's or a boy's name?
Tehilla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 25 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tehilla in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 117% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Tehilla, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2010, with 7 girls.
Half of all the girls named Tehilla in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 10 girls in the UK were given Tehilla or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,226, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.
- Tehila 7
- Tehilla 3
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Tehilla in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
How popular is Tehilla in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,098among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 25about 1 in 64,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 25 girls in the US were named Tehilla, making it the 5,098th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,646th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 40 girls. It first appears in the records in 1992.
2025 had fewer girls named Tehilla than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Tehilla in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 70 girls in the US were given Tehilla or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,152, up from #5,098 for this spelling alone.
- Tehila 45
- Tehilla 25
Tehilla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #5,098 |
| 2024 | 28 | #4,770 |
| 2023 | 33 | #4,274 |
| 2022 | 31 | #4,470 |
| 2021 | 40 | #3,734 |
| 2020 | 28 | #4,646 |
| 2019 | 29 | #4,652 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 28 | #4,809 |
| 2016 | 21 | #5,983 |
| 2015 | 26 | #5,125 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,932 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 20 | #6,556 |
| 2007 | 20 | #6,548 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 23 | #5,432 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
Names like Tehilla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Amira Raya Khadija Sienna Liyana Amara Ayla Ayra Eliana Hawa Anaya
Other spellings of Tehilla
Names related to Tehilla
More Hebrew names
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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, “Tehilla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tehilla, updated 20 October 2026.