Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Telly*

#3,581 most common boys' name of all time · #8,738 across all names · 95% male / 5% female · used 1967–2024 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#3,581
Rank overall
#8,738 of 105,966
First appeared
1967
Years on the list
50 of 146
All-time
1,609
Since 2016
36
Peak year
1974 #469
Best rank
#469 1974
Girls Boys peak 312/yr
198020002020

Telly first appears in 1967. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2024 — 5 5 #12,667
2021 — 5 5 #12,496
2020 — 11 11 #7,140
2017 — 9 9 #8,302
2016 — 6 6 #11,015
2015 — 10 10 #7,644
2014 — 7 7 #9,872
2013 — 7 7 #9,899
2012 — 9 9 #8,335
2011 — 14 14 #6,023
2010 — 5 5 #12,590
2009 — 7 7 #10,108
2008 — 7 7 #10,120
2007 — 9 9 #8,367
2006 — 12 12 #6,587
2005 — 16 16 #5,123
2004 — 8 8 #8,339
2003 — 10 10 #6,881
2002 — 15 15 #5,001
2001 — 19 19 #4,186
2000 — 24 24 #3,473
1999 — 13 13 #5,141
1998 — 22 22 #3,439
1997 — 22 22 #3,304
1996 — 13 13 #4,709
1995 — 18 18 #3,617
1994 — 17 17 #3,822
1993 — 18 18 #3,585
1992 — 8 8 #6,345
1991 — 5 5 #8,722
1990 — 9 9 #5,569
1989 — 6 6 #7,365
1986 — 9 9 #4,676
1985 — 12 12 #3,719
1984 — 10 10 #4,093
1983 — 15 15 #3,022
1982 — 18 18 #2,679
1981 — 18 18 #2,645
1980 — 22 22 #2,347
1979 — 24 24 #2,140
1978 8 59 67 #1,164
1977 12 136 148 #736
1976 13 207 220 #563
1975 19 277 296 #483
1974 18 294 312 #469
1973 7 40 47 #1,326
1972 — 7 7 #4,313
1969 5 — 5 —
1968 — 8 8 #3,361
1967 — 5 5 #4,542