Tollie
Tollie was last recorded in 1987, when 5 babies were given it; 606 Americans have been recorded with it between 1884 and 1987 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Tollie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Tollie?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #4,926, in 1984; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
21 babies in 1917, the peak
Tollie peaked in 1917, when 21 babies were given it (12 boys, #2,409 among boys’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 8 | #4,926 | 4.4 |
| 1980 | 6 | #6,173 | 3.4 |
| 1974 | 6 | #5,185 | 3.8 |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,951 | 3.7 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,690 | 2.9 |
| 1967 | 5 | #4,498 | 2.9 |
| 1960 | 8 | #3,317 | 3.8 |
| 1959 | 8 | #3,265 | 3.7 |
| 1958 | 10 | #2,798 | 4.7 |
| 1957 | 11 | #2,622 | 5.1 |
Every recorded year (63)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | 5 | #4,414 | 2.4 |
| 1955 | 5 | #4,351 | 2.4 |
| 1954 | 7 | #3,428 | 3.4 |
| 1953 | 8 | #3,125 | 4.1 |
| 1952 | 13 | #2,242 | 6.7 |
| 1951 | 7 | #3,336 | 3.7 |
| 1950 | 13 | #2,195 | 7.3 |
| 1949 | 9 | #2,789 | 5.1 |
| 1948 | 6 | #3,635 | 3.4 |
| 1947 | 12 | #2,350 | 6.6 |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,973 | 3.1 |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,738 | 3.7 |
| 1944 | 6 | #3,401 | 4.4 |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,996 | 3.5 |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,996 | 3.6 |
| 1941 | 9 | #2,635 | 7.3 |
| 1940 | 14 | #1,977 | 12.1 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,434 | 9.0 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,633 | 8.1 |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,972 | 4.7 |
| 1936 | 8 | #2,835 | 7.7 |
| 1935 | 8 | #2,924 | 7.7 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,549 | 9.7 |
| 1933 | 8 | #2,983 | 8.1 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,623 | 9.6 |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,277 | 4.8 |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,499 | 4.6 |
| 1929 | 8 | #3,227 | 7.4 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,258 | 12.6 |
| 1927 | 20 | #1,792 | 17.7 |
| 1926 | 19 | #1,838 | 17.1 |
| 1925 | 10 | #2,916 | 9.0 |
| 1924 | 11 | #2,809 | 9.7 |
| 1923 | 13 | #2,431 | 11.9 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,223 | 8.3 |
| 1921 | 14 | #2,367 | 12.7 |
| 1920 | 13 | #2,444 | 12.2 |
| 1919 | 10 | #2,852 | 10.2 |
| 1918 | 19 | #1,818 | 18.7 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,409 | 13.0 |
| 1916 | 14 | #2,145 | 15.7 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,599 | 11.8 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,255 | 15.3 |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,219 | 9.8 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,732 | 23.3 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,299 | 41.2 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,079 | 54.9 |
| 1902 | 8 | #921 | 65.2 |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,489 | 33.2 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,243 | 41.0 |
| 1888 | 9 | #751 | 74.5 |
| 1886 | 8 | #752 | 72.2 |
| 1884 | 8 | #754 | 69.9 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Tollie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 606 Americans recorded as Tollie, 7% are girls and 93% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Tollie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Tollie, and how old are they?
An estimated 143 Americans named Tollie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (24% of everyone recorded); the median is 72 years old and half are between 59 and 78. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 283 people named Tollie (83 women and girls, 200 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 182 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.6 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Tollie
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Tollie and names like it
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- The top names of 1917The year the most babies were named Tollie.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Tollie alive today were born 1946-1964.
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