Tilden
Tilden is given to both girls and boys: 6 girls and 41 boys were given it in 2025 (#14,772 among girls’ names and #3,032 among boys’, #5,901 among all names counting both); 1,441 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Tilden by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Tilden?
#3,032 among boys’ names, 2025
Tilden rose from #4,867 in 2015 to #3,032 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 10.4 to 24.0 per million.
50 babies in 2022, the peak
Tilden peaked in 2022, when 50 babies were given it (39 boys, #3,144 among boys’ names). The 47 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 94% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41 | #3,032 | 24.0 |
| 2024 | 39 | #3,153 | 22.6 |
| 2023 | 32 | #3,620 | 18.7 |
| 2022 | 39 | #3,144 | 22.3 |
| 2021 | 32 | #3,571 | 18.3 |
| 2020 | 37 | #3,128 | 21.4 |
| 2019 | 34 | #3,416 | 18.9 |
| 2018 | 25 | #4,201 | 13.8 |
| 2017 | 18 | #5,277 | 9.7 |
| 2016 | 28 | #3,877 | 14.8 |
Every recorded year (109)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 20 | #4,867 | 10.4 |
| 2014 | 21 | #4,681 | 10.9 |
| 2013 | 24 | #4,167 | 12.7 |
| 2012 | 25 | #4,116 | 13.2 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,539 | 6.8 |
| 2010 | 12 | #7,035 | 6.3 |
| 2009 | 22 | #4,573 | 11.1 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,720 | 6.4 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,573 | 6.3 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,420 | 6.3 |
| 2005 | 11 | #7,051 | 5.5 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,474 | 6.0 |
| 2003 | 7 | #9,488 | 3.5 |
| 2002 | 12 | #6,041 | 6.2 |
| 2001 | 9 | #7,452 | 4.6 |
| 2000 | 7 | #9,025 | 3.6 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,473 | 5.2 |
| 1998 | 10 | #6,257 | 5.2 |
| 1997 | 6 | #9,153 | 3.2 |
| 1996 | 5 | #10,398 | 2.6 |
| 1995 | 7 | #7,721 | 3.7 |
| 1992 | 7 | #7,324 | 3.5 |
| 1991 | 5 | #9,502 | 2.5 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,765 | 4.4 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,852 | 3.5 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,698 | 4.2 |
| 1987 | 7 | #6,028 | 3.7 |
| 1983 | 5 | #7,236 | 2.8 |
| 1981 | 5 | #7,193 | 2.8 |
| 1980 | 10 | #4,105 | 5.6 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,702 | 3.7 |
| 1977 | 7 | #5,077 | 4.3 |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,696 | 6.4 |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,638 | 6.4 |
| 1974 | 6 | #5,182 | 3.8 |
| 1973 | 10 | #3,430 | 6.4 |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,930 | 4.9 |
| 1971 | 7 | #4,340 | 4.0 |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,263 | 5.4 |
| 1968 | 12 | #2,561 | 6.9 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,932 | 3.4 |
| 1966 | 13 | #2,316 | 7.3 |
| 1965 | 11 | #2,602 | 5.9 |
| 1964 | 9 | #3,033 | 4.5 |
| 1963 | 6 | #4,008 | 3.0 |
| 1962 | 6 | #4,004 | 2.9 |
| 1961 | 11 | #2,692 | 5.2 |
| 1960 | 11 | #2,672 | 5.2 |
| 1959 | 14 | #2,286 | 6.6 |
| 1958 | 14 | #2,254 | 6.6 |
| 1957 | 14 | #2,269 | 6.5 |
| 1956 | 11 | #2,618 | 5.2 |
| 1955 | 7 | #3,478 | 3.4 |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,769 | 3.0 |
| 1952 | 5 | #4,217 | 2.6 |
| 1951 | 10 | #2,646 | 5.3 |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,645 | 3.4 |
| 1949 | 12 | #2,325 | 6.8 |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,312 | 6.8 |
| 1947 | 15 | #2,064 | 8.2 |
| 1946 | 6 | #3,491 | 3.7 |
| 1945 | 9 | #2,562 | 6.7 |
| 1944 | 6 | #3,399 | 4.4 |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,394 | 7.7 |
| 1942 | 16 | #1,861 | 11.6 |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,959 | 4.1 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,433 | 5.2 |
| 1939 | 8 | #2,809 | 7.2 |
| 1938 | 14 | #1,970 | 12.6 |
| 1937 | 12 | #2,186 | 11.3 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,171 | 11.6 |
| 1935 | 14 | #2,022 | 13.4 |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,250 | 6.8 |
| 1933 | 8 | #2,979 | 8.1 |
| 1932 | 13 | #2,184 | 12.5 |
| 1931 | 16 | #1,919 | 15.4 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,564 | 6.4 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,576 | 10.2 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,256 | 12.6 |
| 1927 | 12 | #2,516 | 10.6 |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,553 | 10.8 |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,734 | 9.9 |
| 1924 | 11 | #2,807 | 9.7 |
| 1923 | 10 | #2,919 | 9.1 |
| 1922 | 19 | #1,878 | 17.5 |
| 1921 | 7 | #3,834 | 6.4 |
| 1920 | 15 | #2,221 | 14.1 |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,138 | 15.3 |
| 1918 | 10 | #2,860 | 9.9 |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,185 | 8.6 |
| 1916 | 19 | #1,692 | 21.3 |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,439 | 13.0 |
| 1914 | 12 | #1,961 | 18.3 |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,217 | 9.8 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,973 | 22.1 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,225 | 42.6 |
| 1884 | 5 | #1,111 | 43.7 |
| 1882 | 5 | #1,081 | 44.0 |
| 1880 | 8 | #741 | 72.4 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Tilden a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 1,441 Americans recorded as Tilden, 7% are girls and 93% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Tilden: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Tilden, and how old are they?
An estimated 997 Americans named Tilden and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (69% of everyone recorded); the median is 15 years old and half are between 6 and 48. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 802 people named Tilden (94 women and girls, 708 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 792 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1% above that prediction.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 1,549 babies since 1880, Tilden is the most given (93% of them). In 2025 it was given to 47 of their 47 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
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