Tally

Boy · recorded 1926–1977

  • 1977last recorded
  • 1975best year

Most popular in 1975.

Last recorded in 1977. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1926

051019261939195219641977

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 21 recorded years as a table
Tally, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19265
19275
19285
19295
19335
19365
19385
19434
19454
19473
19523
19563
19593
19653
19663
19683
19703
19734
19749
197510
19774

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Tally isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1977
7
Rank in 1977
#4,582
How rare
1 in 234,745 boys
Since 1926
137

Tally was last recorded in 1977. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1975, at 10 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Tally doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.