Tellis — boys' name

What the Data Says About Tellis

The Social Security Administration has registered 295 babies named Tellis between 1919 and 2018, spanning 100 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tellis currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tellis performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 119 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Tellis shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 20 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tellis in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tellis 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 295 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.