Masculine dossier · first seen 1967

Telly

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Telly
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 98.3% from peak

Peak era

1974

Peak rank proxy

294

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1967Peak 19742024

Peak year

1974

Decline from peak

98.3%

2024

All-time

1,527

Telly once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1974, when 294 boys were named Telly.

In 2024, only 5 boys were given the name.

Down 98.3% from its peak.

All told, about 1,527 Americans have been named Telly and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1967.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98.3% from peak

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