Tillman
Recorded 1880–2025 · United States
Tillman was most popular in 1917, when 75 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,470 that year. In 2025 it ranked #8,448, with 27 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,739 people named Tillman.
Tillman over time
How old is the name Tillman?
The Social Security Administration’s records begin in 1880, and Tillman 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 143 of the 146 years since.
How many people are named Tillman?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,739 American births named Tillman 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 1,730 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Tillman in 2025?
27 American babies were named Tillman in 2025, ranking #8,448 that year.
Is Tillman getting more or less popular?
Tillman is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 28 births a year, against 30 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -7% 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 Tillman a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Tillman is a boy’s name — 0.2% of the 3,739 Americans given it were girls and 99.8% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 2% girls and 98% 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 Tillman?
Roughly 1,730 Americans named Tillman are alive today — 46% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 39 years old, and half are between 15 and 67. 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 Tillman 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