Teller
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Teller is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “one who tells or counts”. In 2025 it ranked 2,091st for boys in the US (70 babies).
What does Teller mean?
English: English word and surname
“one who tells or counts”
Hungarian-born physicist Edward Teller is often called the father of the hydrogen bomb.
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Is Teller a girl's or a boy's name?
Teller is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls and 70 boys in the US.
How popular is Teller in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,091among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 70about 1 in 24,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 218% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 70 boys in the US were named Teller, making it the 2,091st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. It first appears in the records in 2014. 7 girls were also named Teller in 2025 (11,928th for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Teller of any year since it first appeared, in 2014.
Half of all the boys named Teller in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2025, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 9% of the babies named Teller in the US were girls.
Teller in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 70 | #2,091 |
| 2024 | 33 | #3,453 |
| 2023 | 37 | #3,226 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
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