Tallie
The Story of Tallie
As a girl name
Tallie first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1890, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1972: 29 births, good for #2,450 nationwide. As of 2026, Tallie ranks #6,229 for girls with 19 births, rising sharply (+102% over the past five years). All told, over 587 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1890s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Tallie on the record books as a boy name in 1900, with 10 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1900, when 10 Tallies were born — ranking #836 that year. About 36% of every Tallie on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Tallie last appeared in the published SSA data in 1956, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 112 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1900s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Tallie
Tallie is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1890 and has accumulated 587 births in the dataset. Tallie's peak popularity came in 1972 when it ranked #1,338. Use the chart and map above to compare Tallie's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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