Telesforo

Boys' name

Form of Telesphoros

Telesforo has been given to 251 babies in the U.S. since 1914. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1933, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Telesforo, 1997

1 in 725,000

Telesforo over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Telesforo: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Telesphoros

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Telesforo means

Telesforo is a form of Telesphoros.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Telesforo is used in Spanish.

Another recorded pronunciation is /te.les.ˈfo.ɾo/ for Telesforo.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Telesphoros.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 251 boys were recorded with the name Telesforo between 1914 and 1997. Its highest annual count was 10 in 1933; its best national rank was #2,523 in 1933.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Telesforo?

Telesforo had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1997, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1997: 1 in 725,000; 5 of 3,624,676 births
Among boys only: 1 in 377,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1997: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 502,488 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Telesforo sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1997 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 502,488 children born in 1997 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Telesforo. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Telesforos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Telesforo was born before 1946 — so the typical Telesforo is around 79 today.

Median birth year: 1946; About 79 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 20.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 21.5%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 113; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 20.3% of all recorded uses (51).

Is Telesforo rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1933 (10)
Years since peak: 92; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 16.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,523; 1933

Where Telesforo is used

Across 1910–2025, Telesforo was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 159,801 across all states with data.

11 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1Texas1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Telesforo has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Telesforo by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #2,523; 1933
Peak year: 1933; 10 that year
First recorded: 1914
Last recorded: 1997
All-time count: 251
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Telesforo

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Theodoro Teller Heliodoro Telford Eliodoro Tellis Tell Telesfor Crisoforo Telvin Tellas Telley Teodoro Isidoro Telesphore Ysidoro Telvis Tel Telly Tiodoro Eleodoro Zoro Tellys Omoro

Sibling names for Telesforo

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Shirlee Joe Bettye Louella Billy Donald Ardith Marlyn

For a brother

Delano Franklyn Boyce Arlen Gaylord Huey Shirley Carrol

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