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How popular is the name Tally?

Births per year, rank history and how many Tallies are alive today.

Tally (female) last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2006 (ranked 3116th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. The name peaked in 2004, when 19 babies were given the name, the 1209th most popular that year.

The Tally you are most likely to meet is around 21 years old. Half of all Tallies born in England and Wales are between 18 and 23, and there are at least 81 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Tally - on average, only one in every 3,889 such rooms contains a Tally.

How many babies are named Tally each year?

051015202003: 32004: 192005: 112006: 6actual

Where does Tally rank among girls' names?

1101001,0005,0002003: ranked 4,3732004: ranked 1,2092005: ranked 1,9342006: ranked 3,116

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Common questions

When was the name Tally most popular?

Tally peaked in 2004, when 19 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Tally?

At least 81 people named Tally born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Tally?

Most living Tallies are between 18 and 23; the most common age is about 21.

Is Tally becoming more or less popular?

Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.






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