girls:
6 births since 1976
#5710 (0th percentile)
boys:
11 births since 1947
#4575 (0th percentile)
overall:
17 births since 1947
#7722 (0th percentile)
The name Tolly is the #7,722 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 17 recorded births since 1947. This represents the 0.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,575 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 11 births since 1947. For girls, it ranks #5,710 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 6 births since 1976.
Tolly first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1947 (1947 for boys and 1976 for girls). Birth data for Tolly is available in 3 out of the 30 years between 1947 and 1976 (2 years for boys and 1 years for girls). 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 Tolly has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (64.7% of all recorded births). In 1976, 0.0% of babies named Tolly were boys. Interestingly, until around 1971, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1947 to 1970), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (100.0% girls from 1971 to 1976).
For boys, Tolly reached its peak popularity in 1949, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #585) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1949, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1949.
For girls, Tolly reached its peak popularity in 1976, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #759) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1976, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1976.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Tolly".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Tolly. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 65.9% confident that Tolly is pronounced as TAH-lee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is TAW-lee, at 19.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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