girls:
540 births since 1947
#5176 (9th percentile)
boys:
137 births since 1926
#4449 (3rd percentile)
overall:
677 births since 1926
#7062 (9th percentile)
The name Tally is the #7,062 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 677 recorded births since 1926. This represents the 8.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,176 (9.4% percentile) for all time with 540 births since 1947. For boys, it ranks #4,449 (2.9% percentile) for all time with 137 births since 1926.
Tally first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1926 (1926 for boys and 1947 for girls). Birth data for Tally is available in 70 out of the 98 years between 1926 and 2023 (60 years for girls and 21 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Tally has been given predominantly to girls, with 79.8% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Tally were girls. Interestingly, until around 1955, the name was more popular for boys (85.7% boys from 1926 to 1954), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (87.3% girls from 1955 to 2023).
For girls, Tally reached its peak popularity in 1958, achieving the 1.8% percentile (ranked #751) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1975, with 12 births per million (ranked 1.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2015, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Tally ranks #943 for girls (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 44.6% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Tally reached its peak popularity in 1975, achieving the 1.5% percentile (ranked #650) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1975, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.5% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1977.
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