Unisex name · since 2016
Tillian
Since 2016, U.S. Social Security records show 56 babies named Tillian, peaking in 2021. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #21,439 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,638 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 56
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
56 babies have been named Tillian since 2016, making it today's #11638 unisex name.
Tillian has 56 recorded births among boys since 2016, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11638 as of the latest data, more common than 16% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2016 to 2025.
- #21,439 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,638 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 56 born since 2016
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tillian ranks #21,439 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,638 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 56 born since 2016, peaking in the 2020s.
- #21,439 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,638 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 56
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Tillian's 56 recorded births place it above 52.83% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Tillian compares
56 18th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Tillian's all-time total is 85% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Tillian | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 56 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 34 | 22,252 |
Tillian's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tillian's full recorded timeline at 2022, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2017, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tillian popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Tillian popularity over time - girls
32 total births recorded since 2018 (Tillian as girls' name)
Tillian by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (44 births, 79% of the file).
2020s was Tillian's strongest decade.
44 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 79% of all-time use.
Tillian births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 12
2010s
12 births
- 2020s
2020s
44 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 44 births (79% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tillian: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2016–2025 (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 Tillian 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.