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
- 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
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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | #12,349 | 5 | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | #12,146 | 5 | |
| 2020 | — | #7,034 | 11 | |
| 2019 | — | — | ||
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| 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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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.
See more about Telly
- 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)
- Debuted 1967
- Peaked 1974 at #468 (294 births)
- Births halved by 1977, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1974–1977
- 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%)
- 68.4% of all boys named Telly (1,044) were born in this decade
- 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.
Telly in 1976
Top girls' names in 1976
Top boys' names in 1976
More about 1976
girls
1,465,099 girls got a published name in 1976; 1 in 112,700 of them was named Telly, which outranked 57.7% of the 10,913 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,363Yara14
- #4,363Yetta14
- #4,363Yolando14
- #4,614Telly13
- #4,614Aarin13
- #4,614Abena13
- #4,614Adora13
- #4,905Adrina12
- #4,905Afton12
- #4,905Ahna12
Tied with 290 names at #4,614; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,569,007 boys got a published name in 1976; 1 in 7,580 of them was named Telly, which outranked 91.3% of the 6,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).