How Many People Are Named Tel?
people named Tel are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,808,385 people in the US has this name
Based on 194 babies named Tel in Social Security records from 1985 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
11 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of TERENCE or TERRY (1).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Tel in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Tel alive today is about 24 years old, and 59% are under 30. Half of them were between 15 and 35 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Tel first appears in the records in 1985 and was given most often in 1985, to 11 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1985 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Tel has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #4,019, in 1985.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #4,019 (1985) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #7,165 in the 1990s |
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