Tillman

Where Tillman comes from

Tillman hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #640 among boys — 9 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1891
    Peak, #397
    19 babies named Tillman — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1901
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #779.
  4. 1920
    Tillman Franks born
    American bassist, songwriter, country music artist manager
  5. 1945
    Tillman Thomas born
    Grenadian Prime Minister
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Tillman Thomas · Grenadian Prime Minister, born 1945
  • Tillman Franks · American bassist, songwriter, country music artist manager, 1920–2006

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.