Tell
#11,555 most common boys' name of all time · #29,547 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1982–2025
Rank among boys
#11,555
Rank overall
#29,547 of 105,966
First appeared
1982
Years on the list
28 of 146
All-time
206
Since 2016
38
Peak year
1988 #3,904
Best rank
#3,904 1988
Girls
Boys
peak 13/yr
Tell first appears in 1982. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,879 |
| 2024 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,275 |
| 2023 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,080 |
| 2021 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,058 |
| 2017 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,279 |
| 2015 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,731 |
| 2014 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,676 |
| 2013 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,166 |
| 2012 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,083 |
| 2011 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,095 |
| 2010 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,081 |
| 2009 | — | 5 | 5 | #13,089 |
| 2006 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,700 |
| 1999 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,603 |
| 1998 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,347 |
| 1996 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,610 |
| 1995 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,574 |
| 1994 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,458 |
| 1993 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,083 |
| 1991 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,830 |
| 1990 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,270 |
| 1989 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,641 |
| 1988 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,904 |
| 1987 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,552 |
| 1986 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,828 |
| 1985 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,116 |
| 1984 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,963 |
| 1982 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,372 |