Teofila

Girls' name

Feminine form of Theophilus

Teofila has been given to 80 babies in the U.S. since 1912. 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 1914, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Teofila, 1935

1 in 418,000

Teofila over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Teofila: meaning, origin, and history

Feminine form of Theophilus

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Teofila means

Teofila is a feminine form of Theophilus.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Teofila is used in Italian (Rare) and Polish (Rare).

Another recorded pronunciation is /te.ˈɔː.fi.la/ and /tɛ.ɔ.ˈfi.la/ for Teofila.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Teofila → Theophilus. The family’s meaning is “love of God”, recorded in English.

Origin, language, and formation

Teofila is used in Cebuano and Polish.

Teofila comes through Spanish Teófila.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Theophilus.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Polish, Teofila is pronounced /tɛ.ɔˈfi.la/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 80 girls were recorded with the name Teofila between 1912 and 1935. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1914; its best national rank was #2,784 in 1913.

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.

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How common is Teofila?

Teofila had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1935, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1935: 1 in 418,000; 5 of 2,089,888 births
Among girls only: 1 in 210,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1935: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 289,721 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Teofila sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1935 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 289,721 children born in 1935 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Teofila. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Teofilas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Teofila was born before 1920 — so the typical Teofila is around 105 today.

Median birth year: 1920; About 105 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 53.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 0; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 53.8% of all recorded uses (43).

Is Teofila 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 1914 (8)
Years since peak: 111; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 23.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,784; 1913

Spellings of Teofila

Teofila is not the most common spelling — Tequila is, with 67.7% against Teofila's 2.5%.

Tequila67.7%2,134
Tehila29.7%937
Teofila2.5%80

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Teofila is used

Across 1910–2025, Teofila was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,228,092 across all states with data.

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls 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. Teofila has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Teofila by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #2,784; 1913
Peak year: 1914; 8 that year
First recorded: 1912
Last recorded: 1935
All-time count: 80
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Teofila

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

Jalaila Teondra Mithila Nithila Xureila Rutila Anaila Azaila Teonia Teuila Teosha Suhaila Carmila Khamila Aleila Ludmila Dahlila Nakaila Kelila Takeila Khalila Kimimila Vaila Jaquila

Sibling names for Teofila

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

Golda Lauretta Era Leatha Leone Mayme Artie Alpha

For a brother

Gustave Waldo Orrin Winfield Dorsey Isadore Aloysius Hyman

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