Telly is a boy name with a classic feel, drawn from real birth records. Below you'll find how many babies have been named Telly across the United States, UK, Ireland and New Zealand, how popular Telly has been over the decades, and the year it peaked.
| Country | Births on record |
|---|---|
| United States since 1880 | 1,609 births |
Counts come from official national birth-registration statistics: U.S. Social Security Administration, England & Wales (Office for National Statistics), Scotland (National Records of Scotland), Northern Ireland (NISRA), Ireland (Central Statistics Office) and New Zealand (Dept. of Internal Affairs). Coverage spans differ, so totals aren't directly comparable across countries.
Babies named Telly per year, United States (1967 to 2024). United States peaked in 1974 (312/yr).
Telly has been a fairly common baby name in the United States. It was most common in 1974, when it ranked #978 nationally (given to 312 babies that year).
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