Quick answers about Telly
How many people are named Telly?
An estimated 1,426 living Americans are named Telly.
How rare is Telly?
Telly fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Telly?
The median age of a living American named Telly is approximately 50 years, with most bearers falling between 37 and 51 years old.
Is Telly still popular?
Not especially. Telly has been declining since its 1974 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Telly most common?
Telly has its strongest geographic signal in South Carolina, where it appears 5.2× more often than the national baseline.
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Where it lives now
Telly is most concentrated in South Carolina — about 5.2× the national rate in the 1970s. It also runs high in Georgia and Louisiana.
States where Telly is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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