Tilman — boys' name

What the Data Says About Tilman

The Social Security Administration has registered 930 babies named Tilman between 1881 and 2023, spanning 143 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tilman currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1926, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tilman performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 202 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Tilman shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 22 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Arkansas and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Tilman in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tilman 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 930 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.