Tell — #9217 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Tell

The Social Security Administration has registered 196 babies named Tell between 1982 and 2024, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tell currently holds the #9217 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tell performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 60 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Tell shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tell in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 196 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.