Tela
Girl · TEH-lah · Modern
Tela is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Tela mean?
Modern: short form of names such as Estela, or a variant of Tella
In Spanish, tela means cloth or fabric.
- Say it
- TEH-lah
Is Tela a girl's or a boy's name?
Tela is a girls' name.
How popular is Tela in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1985, with 45 girls. It first appears in the records in 1894.
Half of all the girls named Tela in the US since 1880 were born between 1977 and 1997, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tela in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,213 |
| 1998 | 21 | #4,951 |
| 1997 | 25 | #4,236 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 15 | #5,949 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 19 | #4,998 |
| 1990 | 19 | #4,863 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 20 | #4,303 |
| 1987 | 19 | #4,280 |
| 1986 | 28 | #3,201 |
| 1985 | 45 | #2,252 |
| 1984 | 33 | #2,729 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,321 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,318 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,750 |
| 1978 | 10 | #5,957 |
| 1977 | 12 | #5,212 |
| 1976 | 13 | #4,612 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,541 |
| 1970 | 14 | #4,037 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 10 | #4,488 |
| 1967 | 11 | #4,052 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,288 |
| 1964 | 12 | #3,878 |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,890 |
| 1962 | 8 | #4,864 |
| 1961 | 9 | #4,545 |
| 1960 | 9 | #4,436 |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,565 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,376 |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,649 |
| 1947 | 6 | #4,762 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,484 |
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