Tilford vs Tilman

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Tilford Tilman

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 98 years in which either name was published, Tilman for 69 years and Tilford for 29 years. The lead changed hands 42 times.

• 1884–1929 Tilman ahead, apart from 2 short spells
• 1930–1932 Tilford ahead
• 1933–1942 Tilman ahead, apart from one short spell
• 1947–1949 Tilford ahead
• 1950–2023 Tilman ahead, apart from 4 short spells

31 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.

Side by side

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Tilfords alive today are over 70; half the Tilmans are over 55. That is 15 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

Where each one is strongest

• Tilford Kentucky (56.8×)
• Tilman Louisiana (37.6×)

How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.

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