Tillman — #3886 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Tillman

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,705 babies named Tillman between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tillman currently holds the #3886 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 75 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tillman performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 515 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Tillman shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 244 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Tillman in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tillman 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 3,705 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.