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Tully

#6,414 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Form of Tullius

Tully has been given to 1,244 babies in the U.S. since 1900. In 2025 it ranked #6,414 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2004, with 24 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 84% boys, 16% girls all-time.

Babies named Tully, 2025

1 in 237,000

Tully over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Tully over time

In 2025, Tully went to 60% girls and 40% boys.

19002025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Tully: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Tullius

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Tully means

Tully is a form of Tullius.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

* A shortened Anglicization of Scottish Gaelic Ó Taithligh and Ó Maol Tuile. * A variant of Tolley and Tullie.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Tully (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Tully is used in English.

Tully comes through Scottish Gaelic Ó Taithligh.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Tullius, Ó Taithligh and Tolley.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Tully is pronounced /ˈtʌliː/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,045 boys were recorded with the name Tully between 1900 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 24 in 2004; its best national rank was #1,292 in 1900.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #5,430 in 2020 to #6,414 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #9,487 in 2015 to #6,414 in 2025.

In the United States, 199 girls were recorded with the name Tully between 1996 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 38 in 2024; its best national rank was #3,955 in 2024.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #14,953 in 2020 to #5,895 in 2025.

How common is Tully?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 237,000
14 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 122,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#6,414
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
164,137 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Tully sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 164,137 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Tully. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Tullys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Tully was born before 1976 — so the typical Tully is around 49 today.

Median birth year
1976
About 49 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
11.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
28.1%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
797
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 11.1% of all recorded uses (116).

Is Tully rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+4,416
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−984
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+3,073
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.75×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
58.3%
Peak was 2004 (24)
Years since peak
21
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
47.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,292
1900

Spellings of Tully

Tully is not the most common spelling — Billy is, with 79.9% against Tully's 0.22%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Tully is used

Across 1910–2025, Tully was most concentrated in Arizona — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 966,170 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

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Most concentrated

  1. 1Arizona1 in —
  2. 2Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Tully has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Tully around the world

Where Tully ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #3,684
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1996–1996
    #1,974
    in 1996
  • South Australia
    1973–2013
    #389
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Tully by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#6,414
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 984
Best rank ever
#1,292
1900
Peak year
2004
24 that year
First recorded
1900
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,045
Count in 2025
14

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#5,895
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 9,058
Best rank ever
#3,955
2024
Peak year
2024
38 that year
First recorded
1996
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
199
Count in 2025
21

Names similar to Tully

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Tully

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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