Tel
Rank in 2025
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recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1985
11 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
194
since 1985
Born a Tel? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as boys
Tel was most popular in 1985, when 11 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.01 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Tel in 2025. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 36%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 8 | 8,987 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 7 | 9,763 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 7 | 9,823 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 5 | 12,022 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 5 | 12,156 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2016 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2015 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 5 | 12,108 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 6 | 10,728 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2011 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 6 | 10,766 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 5 | 12,553 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2006 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 6 | 10,151 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 6 | 9,948 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 8 | 7,643 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 5 | 10,556 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 8 | 7,416 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 6 | 8,704 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 10 | 5,642 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 10 | 5,535 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 10 | 5,452 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 8 | 6,228 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 6 | 7,422 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 7 | 6,519 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 7 | 6,415 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 10 | 4,811 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 6 | 6,426 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 9 | 4,573 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 7 | 5,332 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 11 | 3,805 |
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