Recorded 1915–2017 Boys' name Peak 1922 58 births

Tilghman — boys' name

58 babies named Tilghman in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1922. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s81920s221930s111990s62010s11
1920s
Peak decade

38% of everyone ever named Tilghman was born in this single decade.

1922
Single peak year

9 babies were named Tilghman in 1922 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Tilghman

The Social Security Administration has registered 58 babies named Tilghman between 1915 and 2017, spanning 103 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tilghman currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tilghman performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 22 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Tilghman shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tilghman 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 58 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.

Tilghman at a glance

Last recorded 2017

Total births

58

Since 1915

103 years of records

Peak year

1922

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 1920s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2017

Active since

1915

Recorded for 103 years

Last year on file: 2017

Tilghman popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1915

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (1922)
9
Annual births at peak — across 103 years of records
45678910 201720101997193319321924192319221915 8

Tilghman by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1920s
Peak decade
1920s
22 births that decade — 38% of Tilghman's all-time total
1910s81920s221930s111990s62010s11

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Tilghman?
58 babies have been named Tilghman since 1915. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 1922 with 9 births.
When was Tilghman most popular?
Tilghman was most popular in the 1920s decade with 22 total births. The single peak year was 1922.
How long has the name Tilghman been used?
Tilghman has been recorded in Social Security data since 1915, spanning 103 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Tilghman?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Tillman, Tilden, Tilman, Tilford, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1915–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.