Tully
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- TUL-ee
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,509 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,721 for girls
Tully is a name of Irish origin, meaning “peaceable”. In 2025 it ranked 2,509th for girls in the UK (11 babies) and 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).
What does Tully mean?
Irish: from the surname O Taithligh
“peaceable”
Older English writers also called the Roman orator Marcus Tullius Cicero 'Tully'.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Tully a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Tully has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls and 5 boys in the UK and 21 girls and 14 boys in the US.
How popular is Tully in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,509th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Newly popular new in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were named Tully, making it the 2,509th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2024, with 13 girls. 5 boys were also named Tully in 2025 (3,747th for boys).
In 2025, 69% of the babies named Tully in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,438th in England and Wales.
Tully in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,509 |
| 2024 | 13 | #2,175 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 1 | #7,383 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
How popular is Tully in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,721st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21 about 1 in 77,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 309% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Tully, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 38 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996. 14 boys were also named Tully in 2025 (6,140th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Tully in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2021, 49% of the babies named Tully in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 60%, with more girls than boys since 2022.
Tully in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,721 |
| 2024 | 38 | #3,892 |
| 2023 | 31 | #4,451 |
| 2022 | 22 | #5,635 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,409 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
Names like Tully
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tilly, Fiadh, Orla, Maeve, Ivy, Poppy, Romy, Murphy, Rowan, Lily, Isla, Lyra
Names related to Tully
More Irish names
Oscar, Rory, Finn, Aiden, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Cody, Erin, Ronan, Connor, Declan, Casey, Kennedy, Callan, Lennon
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Tully: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tully, updated 20 October 2026.