Unisex name · since 1900
Tellie
Tellie has 52 recorded births since 1900 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1914 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #34,679 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 52
- born since 1900
- 1900s
- peak decade
Tellie is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 52 have been recorded since 1900.
Tellie has 52 recorded births among girls since 1900, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1900s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1900 to 1976.
- #34,679 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 52 born since 1900
- 1900s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tellie ranks #34,679 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 52 born since 1900, peaking in the 1900s.
- #34,679 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 52
- born since 1900
- 1900s
- peak decade
Tellie's 52 recorded births place it above 52.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tellie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tellie's full recorded timeline at 1918, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1901, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1914 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tellie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1900–1976
- Peak year (1914)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 77 years of records
Tellie popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1922 (Tellie as boys' name)
Tellie by decade
1900s is the heaviest window (16 births, 31% of the file).
1900s was Tellie's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Tellie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s
1900s
16 births
- 1910s
1910s
15 births
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1900s at 16 births (31% of all-time use).
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- Tellie's usage has stayed within range of its 1900s decade-level peak (16 total births) through the 1970s (16) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tellie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1914)
Similar record span (~76 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1900–1976 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Tellie draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.