Telly
Last seen for girls in 1978 at #6,948 · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #12,349
Given to boys 94.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1974 · 294 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,527since 1967
Telly over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | #12,349 | 5 | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | #12,146 | 5 | |
| 2020 | — | #7,034 | 11 | |
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | #8,140 | 9 | |
| 2016 | — | #10,744 | 6 | |
| 2015 | — | #7,491 | 10 | |
| 2014 | — | #9,642 | 7 | |
| 2013 | — | #9,655 | 7 | |
| 2012 | — | #8,158 | 9 | |
| 2011 | — | #5,945 | 14 | |
| 2010 | — | #12,231 | 5 | |
| 2009 | — | #9,864 | 7 | |
| 2008 | — | #9,871 | 7 | |
| 2007 | — | #8,173 | 9 | |
| 2006 | — | #6,460 | 12 | |
| 2005 | — | #5,034 | 16 | |
| 2004 | — | #8,143 | 8 | |
| 2003 | — | #6,715 | 10 | |
| 2002 | — | #4,919 | 15 | |
| 2001 | — | #4,121 | 19 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,423 | 24 | |
| 1999 | — | #5,035 | 13 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,390 | 22 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,261 | 22 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,613 | 13 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,559 | 18 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,751 | 17 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,501 | 18 | |
| 1992 | — | #6,128 | 8 | |
| 1991 | — | #8,236 | 5 | |
| 1990 | — | #5,382 | 9 | |
| 1989 | — | #6,941 | 6 | |
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| 1986 | — | #4,457 | 9 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,599 | 12 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,925 | 10 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,912 | 15 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,596 | 18 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,569 | 18 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,284 | 22 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,104 | 24 | |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 | #1,149 | 59 |
| 1977 | #5,213 | 12 | #732 | 136 |
| 1976 | #4,614 | 13 | #562 | 207 |
| 1975 | #3,514 | 19 | #480 | 277 |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 18 | #468 | 294 |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | #1,312 | 40 |
| 1972 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
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| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | — | |
| 1968 | — | #3,107 | 8 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,966 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1967
The first year at least five boys were named Telly! It came in at #3,966, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1969–1971, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 844 spots in 1974 (#1,312 → #468)
- Biggest drop: 417 spots in 1978 (#732 → #1,149)
Rise & fade · boys
7 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1967
- Peaked 1974 at #468 (294 births)
- Births halved by 1977, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1974–1977
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,348
- Highest: 1 in 5,348 boys born in 1974 were named Telly (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 344,578 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
- 68.4% of all boys named Telly (1,044) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1972
- Mostly girls until 1971, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13 | #3,107 (1968) | #3,537 |
| 1970s | 1,044 | #468 (1974) | #1,346 |
| 1980s | 110 | #2,284 (1980) | #3,660 |
| 1990s | 145 | #3,261 (1997) | #4,686 |
| 2000s | 127 | #3,423 (2000) | #6,672 |
| 2010s | 67 | #5,945 (2011) | #9,001 |
| 2020s | 21 | #7,034 (2020) | #10,510 |
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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