Tilton
- Last seen for boys in 2021 at #12,146
- Peak · boys
- 1954 · 13 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 384since 1913
Tilton over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Tilton has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #12,146 | 5 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #12,145 | 5 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #8,744 | 8 |
| 2014 | #10,717 | 6 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #8,143 | 8 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #8,700 | 5 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,418 | 7 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #4,054 | 7 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,365 | 7 |
| 1967 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #3,044 | 8 |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,024 | 8 |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,207 | 13 |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,373 | 6 |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | #2,770 | 8 |
| 1949 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | #2,788 | 8 |
| 1947 | #3,370 | 6 |
| 1946 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | #3,338 | 5 |
| 1944 | #2,633 | 8 |
| 1943 | #2,405 | 10 |
| 1942 | #3,212 | 6 |
| 1941 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #3,130 | 6 |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,868 | 7 |
| 1937 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | #3,277 | 6 |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,763 | 5 |
| 1930 | — | |
| 1929 | #3,247 | 7 |
| 1928 | #3,076 | 8 |
| 1927 | #3,151 | 8 |
| 1926 | #2,436 | 12 |
| 1925 | #3,408 | 7 |
| 1924 | #3,023 | 9 |
| 1923 | — | |
| 1922 | #2,801 | 10 |
| 1921 | #3,214 | 8 |
| 1920 | #2,336 | 13 |
| 1919 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1918 | #2,882 | 9 |
| 1917 | #2,732 | 9 |
| 1916 | #2,389 | 11 |
| 1915 | #2,829 | 8 |
| 1914 | #2,457 | 8 |
| 1913 | #2,496 | 6 |
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| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1913
The first year at least five boys were named Tilton! It came in at #2,496, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1923, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Tilton is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Tilton in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
Rise & fade · boys
41 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1913
- Peaked 1954 at #2,207 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1955, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 80,916
- Highest: 1 in 80,916 boys born in 1916 were named Tilton (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 349,896 boys born in 2021 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,207 in 1954, was only 1 in 156,827 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 21.4% of all boys named Tilton (82) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 61 | #2,389 (1916) | #2,636 |
| 1920s | 82 | #2,336 (1920) | #2,966 |
| 1930s | 24 | #2,868 (1938) | #3,271 |
| 1940s | 65 | #2,405 (1943) | #3,124 |
| 1950s | 40 | #2,207 (1954) | #3,018 |
| 1960s | 35 | #3,044 (1963) | #3,733 |
| 1970s | 14 | #4,054 (1973) | #4,236 |
| 1980s | 21 | #6,250 (1980) | #6,365 |
| 1990s | 5 | #8,700 (1993) | #8,700 |
| 2000s | 13 | #8,143 (2004) | #10,099 |
| 2010s | 19 | #8,744 (2015) | #10,535 |
| 2020s | 5 | #12,146 (2021) | #12,146 |
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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