Tally

Where Tally comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Tally.

  • Vowel-ended
Tally through the years
  1. 1947
    First appearance
    #5,295 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1958
    Peak, #2,663
    19 babies named Tally, the most in any year.
  3. 1959
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #6,245.
  4. 1961
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
  • A female given name.
Namesakes

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