Quick answers about Tesla
How many people are named Tesla?
An estimated 2,545 living Americans are named Tesla.
How rare is Tesla?
Tesla fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Tesla?
The median age of a living American named Tesla is approximately 17 years, with most bearers falling between 11 and 31 years old.
Is Tesla still popular?
Not especially. Tesla has been declining since its 2015 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Tesla most common?
Tesla has its strongest geographic signal in Ohio, where it appears 2.8× more often than the national baseline.
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Where it lives now
Tesla is most concentrated in Ohio — about 2.8× the national rate in the 1990s.
States where Tesla is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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