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
How old is the name Tilden?
The Social Security Administration’s records begin in 1880, and Tilden is already there in that first year — so the name is older than the record and these figures cannot date it. It has been recorded in 109 of the 146 years since.
How many people are named Tilden?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 1,441 American births named Tilden between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 1,009 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Tilden in 2025?
47 American babies were named Tilden in 2025, ranking #5,826 that year.
Is Tilden getting more or less popular?
Tilden is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 46 births a year, against 25 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +82% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
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.
How old is someone named Tilden?
Roughly 1,009 Americans named Tilden are alive today — 70% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 15 years old, and half are between 6 and 49. That is a wide band, the mark of a name in steady use across generations rather than a passing fashion.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Tilden is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org