Tilden

#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births · #2,991 for boys in 2025, 41 births
Given to boys 93.3% of the time

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Peak · boys: #682
1880 · 8 births
Debut · boys: 1880
8 births
In top 100 · boys: never
of 146 years
Total births · boys: 1,345
since 1880

Tilden over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table

Year	girls		boys
	rank	births	rank	births
2025	#13,208	6	#2,991	41
2024	#12,161	7	#3,104	39
2023	#8,989	11	#3,566	32
2022	#9,056	11	#3,100	39
2021	#8,978	11	#3,497	32
2020	#15,088	5	#3,074	37
2019	—		#3,347	34
2018	—		#4,094	25
2017	#12,713	7	#5,111	18
2016	#10,859	9	#3,776	28
2015	#10,866	9	#4,711	20
2014	#16,513	5	#4,538	21
2013	—		#4,064	24
2012	—		#4,003	25
2011	#11,181	9	#6,256	13
2010	—		#6,698	12
2009	—		#4,429	22
2008	—		#6,393	13
2007	—		#6,262	13
2006	—		#6,094	13
2005	#14,502	6	#6,634	11
2004	—		#6,138	12
2003	—		#8,643	7
2002	—		#5,725	12
2001	—		#6,935	9
2000	—		#8,209	7
1999	—		#6,042	10
1998	—		#5,840	10
1997	—		#8,110	6
1996	—		#9,015	5
1995	—		#6,992	7
1994	—		—
1993	—		—
1992	—		#6,670	7
1991	—		#8,236	5
1990	—		#5,382	9
1989	—		#6,229	7
1988	—		#5,200	8
1987	—		#5,459	7
1986	—		—
1985	—		—
1984	—		—
1983	—		#6,238	5
1982	—		—
1981	—		#6,262	5
1980	—		#3,838	10
1979	—		—
1978	—		#5,059	6
1977	—		#4,582	7
1976	—		#3,471	10
1975	—		#3,428	10
1974	—		#4,634	6
1973	—		#3,223	10
1972	—		#3,622	8
1971	—		#3,963	7
1970	—		#3,071	10
1969	—		—
1968	—		#2,445	12
1967	—		#3,559	6
1966	—		#2,216	13
1965	—		#2,476	11
1964	—		#2,854	9
1963	—		#3,646	6
1962	—		#3,640	6
1961	—		#2,538	11
1960	—		#2,535	11
1959	—		#2,200	14
1958	—		#2,177	14
1957	—		#2,190	14
1956	—		#2,497	11
1955	—		#3,201	7
1954	—		—
1953	—		#3,425	6
1952	—		#3,734	5
1951	—		#2,495	10
1950	—		#3,329	6
1949	—		#2,225	12
1948	—		#2,218	12
1947	—		#1,988	15
1946	—		#3,173	6
1945	—		#2,393	9
1944	—		#3,109	6
1943	—		#2,277	11
1942	—		#1,799	16
1941	—		#3,505	5
1940	—		#3,130	6
1939	—		#2,609	8
1938	—		#1,901	14
1937	—		#2,088	12
1936	—		#2,062	12
1935	—		#1,929	14
1934	—		#2,973	7
1933	—		#2,738	8
1932	—		#2,101	13
1931	—		#1,843	16
1930	—		#3,289	7
1929	—		#2,452	11
1928	—		#2,162	14
1927	—		#2,408	12
1926	—		#2,436	12
1925	—		#2,588	11
1924	—		#2,641	11
1923	—		#2,772	10
1922	—		#1,827	19
1921	—		#3,517	7
1920	—		#2,131	15
1919	—		#2,063	15
1918	—		#2,699	10
1917	—		#2,956	8
1916	—		#1,646	19
1915	—		#2,310	11
1914	—		#1,868	12
1913	—		#2,821	5
1912	—		—
1911	—		#1,740	5
1910	—		—
1909	—		—
1908	—		—
1907	—		—
1906	—		—
1905	—		—
1904	—		—
1903	—		—
1902	—		—
1901	—		—
1900	—		—
1899	—		—
1898	—		—
1897	—		—
1896	—		—
1895	—		#1,079	5
1894	—		—
1893	—		—
1892	—		—
1891	—		—
1890	—		—
1889	—		—
1888	—		—
1887	—		—
1886	—		—
1885	—		—
1884	—		#971	5
1883	—		—
1882	—		#943	5
1881	—		—
1880	—		#682	8

First appearance

1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Tilden was already there! It came in at #682, and was given to 8 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1881–1913, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

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Momentum · boys

Holding steady

113 spots since 2024 (#3,104 → #2,991)
83 spots since 2020 (#3,074 → #2,991)
1,720 spots since 2015 (#4,711 → #2,991)

Rise & fade · boys

Peaked on debut

Debuted 1880
Peaked 1880 at #682 (8 births)
Births halved by 1881, 1 yr later

Top of the charts · boys

Top 1,000 for 3 yrs

Top 10: never
Top 100: never
Top 1,000: 3 yrs · 1880–1884

Share of babies · boys

1 in 13,811

Highest: 1 in 13,811 boys born in 1880 were named Tilden (0.01%)
Latest: 1 in 41,660 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)

Era · boys

The 2010s

16.4% of all boys named Tilden (220) were born in this decade

Girls or boys?

Never flipped

The majority has never changed

Show by decade

Decade	Births	Best rank	Avg rank
1880s	18	#682 (1880)	#865
1890s	5	#1,079 (1895)	#1,079
1900s	0	—	—
1910s	85	#1,646 (1916)	#2,263
1920s	122	#1,827 (1922)	#2,493
1930s	111	#1,843 (1931)	#2,353
1940s	98	#1,799 (1942)	#2,582
1950s	87	#2,177 (1958)	#2,805
1960s	85	#2,216 (1966)	#2,879
1970s	74	#3,071 (1970)	#3,895
1980s	42	#3,838 (1980)	#5,538
1990s	59	#5,382 (1990)	#7,036
2000s	119	#4,429 (2009)	#6,546
2010s	220	#3,347 (2019)	#4,660
2020s	220	#2,991 (2025)	#3,222

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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