Tesla
About Tesla
Tesla, the surname of Serbian inventor Nikola Tesla that has more recently been used as the brand name for an electric car, is gaining some use as a first name for girls. Exactly 100 girls were named Tesla in the U.S. last year. You might think of the name as a Tessa/Isla hybrid, though with Tesla the s is not silent. There was also a rock band named Tesla.
Pronounced TES-luh.
As of October 2026, Tesla ranked #8438 in US births in 2023 SSA, peaked at #1205 in 1992.
Editor's take: The name Tesla is a girl's name of Slavic, Serbian, Croatian origin meaning "from Thessaly".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,817 | 113 | 63.3 |
| 2015 | #1,403 | 167 | 93.6 |
| 2016 | #1,438 | 161 | 90.9 |
| 2017 | #1,624 | 134 | 77.6 |
| 2018 | #1,924 | 104 | 61.1 |
| 2019 | #2,426 | 74 | 44.1 |
| 2020 | #3,175 | 50 | 30.9 |
| 2021 | #4,707 | 29 | 17.7 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Tesla on lists
Famous Teslas
- Edison Tesla Marshall
American male novelist
- Nikola Tesla
Croatian,Serbian inventor, best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system
Tesla in pop culture
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character in DC's Tom Strong comics
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male character in anime and manga series Bleach
- Tesla Motors
luxury electric car brand
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stun gun,like weapon used on TV's "Warehouse 13"
- Tesla
American rock band