Is Tilden a boy or girl name?

Tilden is mostly a boy’s name. Of the 1,441 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 6.7% were girls and 93.3% were boys.

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Tilden

Recorded 1880–2025 · United States

Tilden was most popular in 2022, when 50 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,658 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,826, with 47 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,441 people named Tilden.

Tilden over time

Births per year. The dot marks Tilden’s peak in 2022. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Tilden a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Tilden is mostly a boy’s name — 6.7% of the 1,441 Americans given it were girls and 93.3% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 17% girls and 83% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Tilden

Where Tilden is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

Texas 9.6×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org