How Many People Are Named Tell?
An estimated 192 people in the United States have the first name Tell. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 26 years old, and Tell peaked in popularity in 1988 with 13 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Tell as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Tell paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
192
About 1 in 1,785,179 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
26
years old
Peak Year
1988
13 births
Total Registered
196
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Tell
Tell is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 196 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Tell as a male name
Ranked #9,739 in 2024
8 male births in 2024
Peak: 1988 (13 births)
Tell: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Tell span from the 1980s to the 2020s, covering 5 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1980s, when 60 babies were registered. While Tell is less common than at its peak in the 1980s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Tell by Decade
How has Tell tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Tell + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Tell as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Tell
Other first names starting with T with a similar number of bearers.
Tell: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Tell?
We estimate approximately 192 people named Tell are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,785,179 Americans share this first name.
Is Tell a common name?
Tell is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 73.7% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 196 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Tell most popular?
Tell reached peak popularity in 1988, when 13 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Tell is approximately 26 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Tell a male name?
Tell is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Tell Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Tell Smith, Tell Johnson, Tell Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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