How Many People Are Named Telly?
people named Telly are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 228,771 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,609 babies named Telly in Social Security records from 1967 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
312 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Telly, 5.2% were girls and 94.8% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1970s: 6.9% of the babies were girls then and 0% in the 2000s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Telly alive today is about 43 years old, and 81% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 40 and 50 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Telly first appears in the records in 1967 and was given most often in 1974, to 312 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1967 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Telly has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #469, in 1974.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #469 (1974) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #816 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Telly alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Telly were born in Georgia than in any other state: about 98 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Telly was given 6.5 times as often in South Carolina, 5.5 times in Georgia and 4.3 times in Louisiana.
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