Tel
Boy · TEL · Modern
Tel is a boys' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Tel come from?
Modern: short form, perhaps of Terrell or Telly; tel is also Hebrew for 'mound'
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Is Tel a girl's or a boy's name?
Tel is a boys' name.
How popular is Tel in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1985, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 1985.
Half of all the boys named Tel in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,802 |
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