Tilmon — boys' name
574 babies named Tilmon in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
25% of everyone ever named Tilmon was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Tilmon in 1920 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tilmon
The Social Security Administration has registered 574 babies named Tilmon between 1880 and 2005, spanning 126 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tilmon currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tilmon performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 144 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Tilmon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tilmon in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tilmon 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 574 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.
Tilmon at a glance
Last recorded 2005Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tilmon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–1880
- Peak year (1920)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 126 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2005.
574 total births across 126 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1920 with 21 births in a single year.
Tilmon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 144 births that decade — 25% of Tilmon's all-time total
Tilmon decade highlights
- Peak decade 144 births
- Runner-up 109 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Tilmon's strongest decade
144 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% of all-time use.
Tilmon by state
Where Tilmon concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Mississippi | | 5 | 0.9% |
5 of 574 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Mississippi 0.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Mississippi accounts for 0.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1880–2005 (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.