Tillman
Tillman was the 4034th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 27 babies. Its best year was 1891, when it ranked 408th; the most babies were born in 1917 (75). Over the last ten years it has moved down 955 places. More babies were named Tillman in the 1920s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #4,034 boys, down 770 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 27boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 191775 babies
- Total since 1880
- 3,739babies recorded
Tillman popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 7 since 2019.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,034 | 27 |
| 2020 | #3,264 | 35 |
| 2010 | #3,800 | 28 |
| 2000 | #8,134 | 8 |
| 1990 | #3,453 | 18 |
| 1980 | #3,086 | 15 |
| 1970 | #3,055 | 11 |
| 1960 | #1,807 | 21 |
| 1950 | #1,021 | 48 |
| 1940 | #993 | 43 |
| 1930 | #1,131 | 39 |
| 1920 | #850 | 64 |
| 1910 | #675 | 20 |
| 1900 | #600 | 18 |
| 1890 | #806 | 8 |
| 1880 | #681 | 9 |
How popular is Tillman, counting every spelling?
Tillman is the most common spelling of a name family that had 27 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 27 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tillman | 27 | #4,034 | 139 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Tillman?
27 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Tillman (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Tillman born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 310 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Tillman.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Tillman?
About 1,700 people born in the US named Tillman are alive today, with a median age of 38; half are between 15 and 66. That makes Tillman mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Tillman by state
How common Tillman was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 48 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Tillman: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Tillman, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Tillman
How popular is the name Tillman?
Tillman was the 4034th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 27 babies. Its best year was 1891, when it ranked 408th; the most babies were born in 1917 (75). Over the last ten years it has moved down 955 places. More babies were named Tillman in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Tillman a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Tillman in the US.
Where is Tillman most popular?
In 2021–2025, Tillman was most common in South Carolina (0.13 per 1,000 boys), followed by Arizona and Georgia.