# Tully (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/tully/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈtʌliː/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,244 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,045 / 199 (16% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 84, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

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

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 5 | 19,012 |
| 2006 | 6 | 17,006 |
| 2007 | 5 | 20,362 |
| 2010 | 7 | 14,845 |
| 2012 | 5 | 19,348 |
| 2013 | 6 | 16,388 |
| 2016 | 7 | 14,225 |
| 2018 | 6 | 15,540 |
| 2019 | 10 | 10,423 |
| 2020 | 6 | 14,958 |
| 2021 | 18 | 6,668 |
| 2022 | 22 | 5,781 |
| 2023 | 31 | 4,557 |
| 2024 | 38 | 3,955 |
| 2025 | 21 | 5,896 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 10 | 8,024 |
| 2012 | 9 | 8,813 |
| 2013 | 7 | 10,641 |
| 2014 | 9 | 8,729 |
| 2015 | 8 | 9,493 |
| 2016 | 16 | 5,773 |
| 2017 | 12 | 7,064 |
| 2018 | 6 | 12,024 |
| 2019 | 12 | 7,140 |
| 2020 | 17 | 5,434 |
| 2021 | 19 | 5,093 |
| 2022 | 12 | 7,220 |
| 2023 | 18 | 5,446 |
| 2024 | 7 | 10,835 |
| 2025 | 14 | 6,418 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 3 | 4,798 |
| 2009 | 4 | 4,564 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |
| 2023 | 7 | 3,218 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2,574 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2,440 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 4 | 2,357 |
| 1999 | 4 | 2,425 |
| 2003 | 4 | 2,857 |
| 2006 | 4 | 3,385 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 7 | 2,813 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,270 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## People named Tully

- Tully Marshall, American actor (1864–1943)
- Tully Bevilaqua, Australian basketball player (born 1972)
- Tully Blanchard, American professional wrestler

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.