Tillman

Last seen for girls in 2019 at #12,448 · #3,949 for boys in 2025, 27 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
#397
1891 · 19 births
Debut · boys
1880
9 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,732
since 1880

Tillman over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Tillman has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201931peak #397, 1891boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#3,94927
2024—#3,89628
2023—#3,62931
2022—#4,57022
2021—#3,58231
2020—#3,20235
2019#12,4487#5,15318
2018—#3,37333
2017—#3,44032
2016—#3,23035
2015—#3,02238
2014—#3,15435
2013—#4,31322
2012—#3,71428
2011—#3,88526
2010—#3,70828
2009—#2,89441
2008—#4,39522
2007—#3,89326
2006—#3,45130
2005—#3,24131
2004—#3,63625
2003—#6,71510
2002—#3,79422
2001—#4,67616
2000—#7,4168
1999—#6,04210
1998—#3,59720
1997—#5,64210
1996—#4,61313
1995—#4,50813
1994—#5,10911
1993—#5,00211
1992—#5,23610
1991—#4,47612
1990—#3,30918
1989—#3,44616
1988—#2,76520
1987—#2,83818
1986—#4,8538
1985——
1984—#3,27013
1983—#2,91215
1982—#3,48212
1981—#2,13824
1980—#2,96515
1979—#2,46519
1978—#2,66916
1977—#2,66516
1976—#3,47110
1975—#4,3097
1974—#2,54915
1973—#2,03620
1972—#2,15818
1971—#2,36616
1970—#2,89111
1969—#1,86120
1968—#1,73121
1967—#1,80919
1966—#1,75719
1965—#1,91817
1964—#1,58125
1963—#1,54826
1962—#1,40331
1961—#1,46730
1960—#1,77221
1959—#1,43930
1958—#1,59324
1957—#1,54726
1956—#1,33533
1955—#1,41929
1954—#1,46627
1953—#1,45527
1952—#1,29733
1951—#1,21836
1950—#1,00648
1949—#1,32230
1948—#1,29631
1947—#98452
1946—#1,17635
1945—#1,22729
1944—#97444
1943—#98646
1942—#1,00744
1941—#1,30026
1940—#98243
1939—#1,10334
1938—#1,07636
1937—#88049
1936—#1,06836
1935—#1,09835
1934—#93146
1933—#1,05138
1932—#1,14135
1931—#1,03142
1930—#1,11639
1929—#1,27231
1928—#1,05743
1927—#91156
1926—#94452
1925—#98448
1924—#98451
1923—#88259
1922—#92457
1921—#95354
1920—#84664
1919—#76072
1918—#83162
1917—#69975
1916—#86453
1915—#80457
1914—#79544
1913—#1,02324
1912—#73534
1911—#92513
1910—#65420
1909—#59020
1908—#68515
1907—#59118
1906—#8529
1905—#1,0027
1904—#56616
1903—#9107
1902—#68711
1901—#7798
1900—#57818
1899—#61311
1898—#66311
1897—#47317
1896—#59213
1895—#60912
1894—#48017
1893—#57212
1892—#64111
1891—#39719
1890—#7398
1889—#62810
1888—#7558
1887—#7527
1886—#54012
1885—#6419
1884—#61310
1883——
1882—#6529
1881——
1880—#6409
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Tillman was already there! It came in at #640, and was given to 9 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Tillman is popular in 1931

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Tillman, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Tillman, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Tillman, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Tillman, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Tillman, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Tillman, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Tillman, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Tillman, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Tillman, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Tillman, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Tillman, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Tillman, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Tillman, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Tillman, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Tillman, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Tillman, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Tillman, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Tillman, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Tillman, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Tillman, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Tillman, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Tillman, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Tillman, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Tillman, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Tillman, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Tillman, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Tillman, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Tillman, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Tillman, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Tillman, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Tillman, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Tillman, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Tillman, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Tillman, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Tillman, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Tillman, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Tillman, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Tillman, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Tillman, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Tillman, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Tillman, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Tillman, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Tillman, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Tillman, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Tillman, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Tillman, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Tillman, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Tillman, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Tillman, so not publishedHITexas: #852 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 11,041 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Tillman, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Texas#852 · 1 in 11,041

Best ever in a state: #158 in South Carolina, 1917.

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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Tillman
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 53 spots since 2024 (#3,896 → #3,949)
  • 747 spots since 2020 (#3,202 → #3,949)
  • 927 spots since 2015 (#3,022 → #3,949)
  • Biggest jump: 344 spots in 1904 (#910 → #566)
  • Biggest drop: 436 spots in 1905 (#566 → #1,002)
Rise & fade · boys
11 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1891 at #397 (19 births)
  • Births halved by 1901, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 50 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 50 yrs · run 1884–1904
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,326
  • Highest: 1 in 5,326 boys born in 1891 were named Tillman (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 63,262 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 13.8% of all boys named Tillman (515) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s74#540 (1886)#653
1890s131#397 (1891)#578
1900s129#566 (1904)#724
1910s454#654 (1910)#809
1920s515#846 (1920)#976
1930s390#880 (1937)#1,050
1940s380#974 (1944)#1,125
1950s313#1,006 (1950)#1,378
1960s229#1,403 (1962)#1,685
1970s148#2,036 (1973)#2,758
1980s141#2,138 (1981)#3,185
1990s128#3,309 (1990)#4,753
2000s231#2,894 (2009)#4,411
2010s295#3,022 (2015)#3,699
2020s174#3,202 (2020)#3,805

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.

Tillman in 1931

boys
#1,031
42 births · 1 in 24,754 boys

Top boys' names in 1931

  1. #1Robert60,519
  2. #2James51,212
  3. #3John48,423
  4. #4William43,280
  5. #5Richard31,822
  6. #6Charles29,934
  7. #7Donald29,100
  8. #8George20,685
  9. #9Joseph19,326
  10. #10Thomas16,847
  11. #1,031Tillman42
More about 1931

boys

1,039,665 boys got a published name in 1931; 1 in 24,754 of them was named Tillman, which outranked 76.1% of the 4,321 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tillman
  1. #1,015Verlyn43
  2. #1,015Wardell43
  3. #1,015Welton43
  4. #1,031Tillman42
  5. #1,031Allison42
  6. #1,031Americo42
  7. #1,031Bart42
  8. #1,050Clint41
  9. #1,050Dempsey41
  10. #1,050Farris41

Tied with 18 names at #1,031; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1930
Risers
  1. ↑ 794Kenton#1,753 → #959
  2. ↑ 420Wyman#1,330 → #910
  3. ↑ 408Jan#1,330 → #922
  4. ↑ 402Leopold#1,399 → #997
  5. ↑ 398Odie#1,299 → #901
Fallers
  1. ↓ 513Artie#976 → #1,489
  2. ↓ 469Arnulfo#892 → #1,361
  3. ↓ 385Rose#832 → #1,217
  4. ↓ 357Ransom#976 → #1,333
  5. ↓ 343Jodie#990 → #1,333

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1931 →