Tollie

Last seen for girls in 1987 at #11,325 · Last seen for boys in 1984 at #4,552
Given to boys 93.4% of the time

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Peak · boys
1886 · 8 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
566
since 1884

Tollie over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201902peak #1,416, 1896peak #694, 1886girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1987#11,3255
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1984#4,5528
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1980#5,5256
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1974#4,6346
1973
1972#4,4416
1971
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1968#4,1365
1967#3,9665
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1960#3,0778
1959#3,0378
1958#2,64210
1957#2,49411
1956#3,9425
1955#3,8865
1954#3,1767
1953#2,9058
1952#2,15313
1951#3,0667
1950#2,11113
1949#2,6069
1948#3,3166
1947#2,25112
1946#3,5255
1945#3,3385
1944#3,1096
1943#3,5385
1942#3,5605
1941#2,4919
1940#1,89414
1939#2,28810
1938#2,4799
1937#3,5185
1936#2,6298
1935#2,7198
1934#2,39310
1933#2,7388
1932#2,46510
1931#3,7635
1930#4,0015
1929#2,9808
1928#2,16214
1927#1,74820
1926#1,78719
1925#2,75510
1924#2,64111
1923#2,33113
1922#3,0149
1921#2,26514
1920#2,33613
1919#2,66510
1918#1,76719
1917#3,0929#2,28012
1916#2,04314
1915#2,45810
1914#2,8767#2,10110
1913#2,8215
1912#1,61910
1911
1910#1,1938
1909#1,0209
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1904
1903
1902#1,4387#8628
1901#1,4666
1900#1,3105
1899
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1896#1,4166
1895
1894
1893
1892#1,0665
1891
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1889
1888#7049
1887
1886#6948
1885
1884#7018
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1884

The first year at least five boys were named Tollie! It came in at #701, and was given to 8 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1885, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Tollie
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1984
Rise & fade · boys
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1884
  • Peaked 1886 at #694 (8 births)
  • Births halved by 1887, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 4 yrs · 1884–1902
Share of babies · boys
1 in 13,428
  • Highest: 1 in 13,428 boys born in 1888 were named Tollie (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 225,606 boys born in 1984 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #694 in 1886, was only 1 in 13,848 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 23.1% of all boys named Tollie (131) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1987
  • Mostly boys until 1986, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s25#694 (1886)#700
1890s5#1,066 (1892)#1,066
1900s22#862 (1902)#1,064
1910s98#1,193 (1910)#2,105
1920s131#1,748 (1927)#2,402
1930s78#2,288 (1939)#2,899
1940s76#1,894 (1940)#2,963
1950s87#2,111 (1950)#2,941
1960s18#3,077 (1960)#3,726
1970s12#4,441 (1972)#4,538
1980s14#4,552 (1984)#5,039

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.

Tollie in 1902

girls
#1,438
7 births · 1 in 37,725 girls
boys
#862
8 births · 1 in 15,333 boys

Top girls' names in 1902

  1. #1Mary14,486
  2. #2Helen5,967
  3. #3Anna5,288
  4. #4Margaret5,011
  5. #5Ruth4,384
  6. #6Elizabeth3,694
  7. #7Florence3,509
  8. #8Marie3,424
  9. #9Ethel3,295
  10. #10Alice3,135
  11. #1,438Tollie7

Top boys' names in 1902

  1. #1John7,907
  2. #2William6,617
  3. #3James5,592
  4. #4George4,223
  5. #5Charles3,361
  6. #6Robert3,180
  7. #7Joseph3,098
  8. #8Frank2,756
  9. #9Edward2,294
  10. #10Henry2,154
  11. #862Tollie8
More about 1902

girls

264,073 girls got a published name in 1902; 1 in 37,725 of them was named Tollie, which outranked 29.6% of the 2,042 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tollie
  1. #1,320Zelia8
  2. #1,320Zell8
  3. #1,320Zilpha8
  4. #1,438Tollie7
  5. #1,438Abby7
  6. #1,438Alcie7
  7. #1,438Aldine7
  8. #1,594Adalene6
  9. #1,594Adriana6
  10. #1,594Agusta6

Tied with 155 names at #1,438; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1901
Risers
  1. 1,031Lolita#1,679#648
  2. 861Cathleen#1,679#818
  3. 743Maple#1,679#936
  4. 743Margarite#1,679#936
  5. 707Mignon#1,679#972
Fallers
  1. 1,046Veva#747#1,793
  2. 847Janette#747#1,594
  3. 832Laurine#961#1,793
  4. 676Aura#918#1,594
  5. 667Electa#771#1,438

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

boys

122,660 boys got a published name in 1902; 1 in 15,333 of them was named Tollie, which outranked 34.7% of the 1,320 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tollie
  1. #794Vivian9
  2. #794Wardell9
  3. #794Wheeler9
  4. #862Tollie8
  5. #862Ada8
  6. #862Adolf8
  7. #862Agustin8
  8. #933Alfonzo7
  9. #933Alonza7
  10. #933Arden7

Tied with 70 names at #862; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1901
Risers
  1. 551Judge#1,058#507
  2. 522Ottis#1,058#536
  3. 502Lonzo#1,058#556
  4. 475Eldred#1,058#583
  5. 468Rogers#943#475
Fallers
  1. 541Carmen#596#1,137
  2. 541Alf#596#1,137
  3. 541Orrin#596#1,137
  4. 528Davis#334#862
  5. 500Guadalupe#433#933

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

See the top 100 for 1902