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.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Year	girls		boys
	rank	births	rank	births
2025	—		#3,949	27
2024	—		#3,896	28
2023	—		#3,629	31
2022	—		#4,570	22
2021	—		#3,582	31
2020	—		#3,202	35
2019	#12,448	7	#5,153	18
2018	—		#3,373	33
2017	—		#3,440	32
2016	—		#3,230	35
2015	—		#3,022	38
2014	—		#3,154	35
2013	—		#4,313	22
2012	—		#3,714	28
2011	—		#3,885	26
2010	—		#3,708	28
2009	—		#2,894	41
2008	—		#4,395	22
2007	—		#3,893	26
2006	—		#3,451	30
2005	—		#3,241	31
2004	—		#3,636	25
2003	—		#6,715	10
2002	—		#3,794	22
2001	—		#4,676	16
2000	—		#7,416	8
1999	—		#6,042	10
1998	—		#3,597	20
1997	—		#5,642	10
1996	—		#4,613	13
1995	—		#4,508	13
1994	—		#5,109	11
1993	—		#5,002	11
1992	—		#5,236	10
1991	—		#4,476	12
1990	—		#3,309	18
1989	—		#3,446	16
1988	—		#2,765	20
1987	—		#2,838	18
1986	—		#4,853	8
1985	—		—
1984	—		#3,270	13
1983	—		#2,912	15
1982	—		#3,482	12
1981	—		#2,138	24
1980	—		#2,965	15
1979	—		#2,465	19
1978	—		#2,669	16
1977	—		#2,665	16
1976	—		#3,471	10
1975	—		#4,309	7
1974	—		#2,549	15
1973	—		#2,036	20
1972	—		#2,158	18
1971	—		#2,366	16
1970	—		#2,891	11
1969	—		#1,861	20
1968	—		#1,731	21
1967	—		#1,809	19
1966	—		#1,757	19
1965	—		#1,918	17
1964	—		#1,581	25
1963	—		#1,548	26
1962	—		#1,403	31
1961	—		#1,467	30
1960	—		#1,772	21
1959	—		#1,439	30
1958	—		#1,593	24
1957	—		#1,547	26
1956	—		#1,335	33
1955	—		#1,419	29
1954	—		#1,466	27
1953	—		#1,455	27
1952	—		#1,297	33
1951	—		#1,218	36
1950	—		#1,006	48
1949	—		#1,322	30
1948	—		#1,296	31
1947	—		#984	52
1946	—		#1,176	35
1945	—		#1,227	29
1944	—		#974	44
1943	—		#986	46
1942	—		#1,007	44
1941	—		#1,300	26
1940	—		#982	43
1939	—		#1,103	34
1938	—		#1,076	36
1937	—		#880	49
1936	—		#1,068	36
1935	—		#1,098	35
1934	—		#931	46
1933	—		#1,051	38
1932	—		#1,141	35
1931	—		#1,031	42
1930	—		#1,116	39
1929	—		#1,272	31
1928	—		#1,057	43
1927	—		#911	56
1926	—		#944	52
1925	—		#984	48
1924	—		#984	51
1923	—		#882	59
1922	—		#924	57
1921	—		#953	54
1920	—		#846	64
1919	—		#760	72
1918	—		#831	62
1917	—		#699	75
1916	—		#864	53
1915	—		#804	57
1914	—		#795	44
1913	—		#1,023	24
1912	—		#735	34
1911	—		#925	13
1910	—		#654	20
1909	—		#590	20
1908	—		#685	15
1907	—		#591	18
1906	—		#852	9
1905	—		#1,002	7
1904	—		#566	16
1903	—		#910	7
1902	—		#687	11
1901	—		#779	8
1900	—		#578	18
1899	—		#613	11
1898	—		#663	11
1897	—		#473	17
1896	—		#592	13
1895	—		#609	12
1894	—		#480	17
1893	—		#572	12
1892	—		#641	11
1891	—		#397	19
1890	—		#739	8
1889	—		#628	10
1888	—		#755	8
1887	—		#752	7
1886	—		#540	12
1885	—		#641	9
1884	—		#613	10
1883	—		—
1882	—		#652	9
1881	—		—
1880	—		#640	9

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.

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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

Decade	Births	Best rank	Avg rank
1880s	74	#540 (1886)	#653
1890s	131	#397 (1891)	#578
1900s	129	#566 (1904)	#724
1910s	454	#654 (1910)	#809
1920s	515	#846 (1920)	#976
1930s	390	#880 (1937)	#1,050
1940s	380	#974 (1944)	#1,125
1950s	313	#1,006 (1950)	#1,378
1960s	229	#1,403 (1962)	#1,685
1970s	148	#2,036 (1973)	#2,758
1980s	141	#2,138 (1981)	#3,185
1990s	128	#3,309 (1990)	#4,753
2000s	231	#2,894 (2009)	#4,411
2010s	295	#3,022 (2015)	#3,699
2020s	174	#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 1938

boys

#1,076

36 births · 1 in 30,810 boys

Top boys' names in 1938

#1Robert62,271
#2James59,102
#3John50,517
#4William42,433
#5Richard34,385
#6Charles31,151
#7Donald26,677
#8David22,994
#9Thomas21,381
#10Ronald20,295
⋯
#1,076Tillman36

More about 1938

boys

1,109,147 boys got a published name in 1938; 1 in 30,810 of them was named Tillman, which outranked 73.3% of the 4,035 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tillman

#1,062Quincy37
#1,062Rose37
#1,062Thornton37
#1,076Tillman36
#1,076Baxter36
#1,076Curley36
#1,076Delma36
#1,095Adan35
#1,095Casper35
#1,095Cedric35

Tied with 18 names at #1,076; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1937

Risers

↑ 1,314Dion#2,197 → #883
↑ 448Tex#1,212 → #764
↑ 425Lonny#1,233 → #808
↑ 401Gonzalo#1,180 → #779
↑ 383Lance#722 → #339

Fallers

↓ 741Worth#1,000 → #1,741
↓ 528Estel#869 → #1,397
↓ 492Milburn#845 → #1,337
↓ 412Lonzo#835 → #1,247
↓ 405Joy#932 → #1,337

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

See the top 100 for 1938 →