Meaning not yet researched.
Tillman: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 27 in 2025. Its best rank was #408 in 1891.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #408 in 1891; #4,034 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Tillman in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#4,034 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1891, at #408.
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Tillman: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 27 boys in 2025. Peak: #408 in 1891 · most boys in one year: 75 (1917).
In 2025, 27 US boys were named Tillman, making it the 4,034th most common boys’ name of the year, down 62 places from #3,972 in 2024. That is 1 fewer than the 28 boys named Tillman in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #408, reached in 1891. The most boys given the name in a single year was 75, in 1917. For comparison, it was #3,079 in 2015 and #1,021 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Tillman in 143 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 9 babies. In all, 3,739 US babies have been given the name, 0.2% of them girls and 99.8% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 515 babies named Tillman.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 292 US boys were named Tillman; the busiest of those years was 2020, with 35. In 2025 that was about 1 in 63,262 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Rarer spellings such as Tilman, Tilmon and Tillmon are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Tilman (930), Tilmon (574), Tillmon (146), Tilghman (58), Thelman (7).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Tillman in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 27 | #4,034 |
| 2024 | — | — | 28 | #3,972 |
| 2023 | — | — | 31 | #3,699 |
| 2022 | — | — | 22 | #4,686 |
| 2021 | — | — | 31 | #3,644 |
| 2020 | — | — | 35 | #3,264 |
| 2019 | 7 | #13,695 | 18 | #5,323 |
| 2018 | — | — | 33 | #3,433 |
| 2017 | — | — | 32 | #3,512 |
| 2016 | — | — | 35 | #3,283 |
| 2015 | — | — | 38 | #3,079 |
| 2014 | — | — | 35 | #3,220 |
| 2013 | — | — | 22 | #4,448 |
| 2012 | — | — | 28 | #3,792 |
| 2011 | — | — | 26 | #3,977 |
| 2010 | — | — | 28 | #3,800 |
| 2009 | — | — | 41 | #2,938 |
| 2008 | — | — | 22 | #4,524 |
| 2007 | — | — | 26 | #3,993 |
| 2006 | — | — | 30 | #3,517 |
| 2005 | — | — | 31 | #3,309 |
| 2004 | — | — | 25 | #3,727 |
| 2003 | — | — | 10 | #7,194 |
| 2002 | — | — | 22 | #3,898 |
| 2001 | — | — | 16 | #4,871 |
| 2000 | — | — | 8 | #8,134 |
| 1999 | — | — | 10 | #6,480 |
| 1998 | — | — | 20 | #3,695 |
| 1997 | — | — | 10 | #6,048 |
| 1996 | — | — | 13 | #4,853 |
| 1995 | — | — | 13 | #4,759 |
| 1994 | — | — | 11 | #5,418 |
| 1993 | — | — | 11 | #5,324 |
| 1992 | — | — | 10 | #5,610 |
| 1991 | — | — | 12 | #4,736 |
| 1990 | — | — | 18 | #3,453 |
| 1989 | — | — | 16 | #3,603 |
| 1988 | — | — | 20 | #2,854 |
| 1987 | — | — | 18 | #2,934 |
| 1986 | — | — | 8 | #5,289 |
| 1984 | — | — | 13 | #3,442 |
| 1983 | — | — | 15 | #3,058 |
| 1982 | — | — | 12 | #3,665 |
| 1981 | — | — | 24 | #2,198 |
| 1980 | — | — | 15 | #3,086 |
| 1979 | — | — | 19 | #2,561 |
| 1978 | — | — | 16 | #2,788 |
| 1977 | — | — | 16 | #2,774 |
| 1976 | — | — | 10 | #3,699 |
| 1975 | — | — | 7 | #4,757 |
| 1974 | — | — | 15 | #2,663 |
| 1973 | — | — | 20 | #2,116 |
| 1972 | — | — | 18 | #2,236 |
| 1971 | — | — | 16 | #2,458 |
| 1970 | — | — | 11 | #3,055 |
| 1969 | — | — | 20 | #1,908 |
| 1968 | — | — | 21 | #1,779 |
| 1967 | — | — | 19 | #1,851 |
| 1966 | — | — | 19 | #1,807 |
| 1965 | — | — | 17 | #1,982 |
| 1964 | — | — | 25 | #1,609 |
| 1963 | — | — | 26 | #1,580 |
| 1962 | — | — | 31 | #1,419 |
| 1961 | — | — | 30 | #1,493 |
| 1960 | — | — | 21 | #1,807 |
| 1959 | — | — | 30 | #1,464 |
| 1958 | — | — | 24 | #1,637 |
| 1957 | — | — | 26 | #1,577 |
| 1956 | — | — | 33 | #1,361 |
| 1955 | — | — | 29 | #1,453 |
| 1954 | — | — | 27 | #1,494 |
| 1953 | — | — | 27 | #1,477 |
| 1952 | — | — | 33 | #1,320 |
| 1951 | — | — | 36 | #1,241 |
| 1950 | — | — | 48 | #1,021 |
| 1949 | — | — | 30 | #1,346 |
| 1948 | — | — | 31 | #1,321 |
| 1947 | — | — | 52 | #997 |
| 1946 | — | — | 35 | #1,195 |
| 1945 | — | — | 29 | #1,246 |
| 1944 | — | — | 44 | #989 |
| 1943 | — | — | 46 | #995 |
| 1942 | — | — | 44 | #1,024 |
| 1941 | — | — | 26 | #1,330 |
| 1940 | — | — | 43 | #993 |
| 1939 | — | — | 34 | #1,118 |
| 1938 | — | — | 36 | #1,093 |
| 1937 | — | — | 49 | #892 |
| 1936 | — | — | 36 | #1,092 |
| 1935 | — | — | 35 | #1,120 |
| 1934 | — | — | 46 | #940 |
| 1933 | — | — | 38 | #1,076 |
| 1932 | — | — | 35 | #1,154 |
| 1931 | — | — | 42 | #1,047 |
| 1930 | — | — | 39 | #1,131 |
| 1929 | — | — | 31 | #1,290 |
| 1928 | — | — | 43 | #1,076 |
| 1927 | — | — | 56 | #923 |
| 1926 | — | — | 52 | #954 |
| 1925 | — | — | 48 | #996 |
| 1924 | — | — | 51 | #992 |
| 1923 | — | — | 59 | #893 |
| 1922 | — | — | 57 | #926 |
| 1921 | — | — | 54 | #960 |
| 1920 | — | — | 64 | #850 |
| 1919 | — | — | 72 | #765 |
| 1918 | — | — | 62 | #840 |
| 1917 | — | — | 75 | #705 |
| 1916 | — | — | 53 | #875 |
| 1915 | — | — | 57 | #814 |
| 1914 | — | — | 44 | #800 |
| 1913 | — | — | 24 | #1,044 |
| 1912 | — | — | 34 | #751 |
| 1911 | — | — | 13 | #972 |
| 1910 | — | — | 20 | #675 |
| 1909 | — | — | 20 | #610 |
| 1908 | — | — | 15 | #711 |
| 1907 | — | — | 18 | #614 |
| 1906 | — | — | 9 | #917 |
| 1905 | — | — | 7 | #1,083 |
| 1904 | — | — | 16 | #586 |
| 1903 | — | — | 7 | #998 |
| 1902 | — | — | 11 | #736 |
| 1901 | — | — | 8 | #851 |
| 1900 | — | — | 18 | #600 |
| 1899 | — | — | 11 | #657 |
| 1898 | — | — | 11 | #700 |
| 1897 | — | — | 17 | #493 |
| 1896 | — | — | 13 | #636 |
| 1895 | — | — | 12 | #638 |
| 1894 | — | — | 17 | #499 |
| 1893 | — | — | 12 | #610 |
| 1892 | — | — | 11 | #685 |
| 1891 | — | — | 19 | #408 |
| 1890 | — | — | 8 | #806 |
| 1889 | — | — | 10 | #668 |
| 1888 | — | — | 8 | #811 |
| 1887 | — | — | 7 | #815 |
| 1886 | — | — | 12 | #572 |
| 1885 | — | — | 9 | #692 |
| 1884 | — | — | 10 | #655 |
| 1882 | — | — | 9 | #686 |
| 1880 | — | — | 9 | #681 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).