Meaning not yet researched.
Tillie: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 177 in 2025. Its best rank was #148 in 1884.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #148 in 1884; #1,269 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Tillie in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,269 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1884, at #148.
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Tillie: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 177 girls in 2025. Peak: #148 in 1884 · most girls in one year: 499 (1915).
In 2025, 177 US girls were named Tillie, making it the 1,269th most common girls’ name of the year, down 34 places from #1,235 in 2024. That is 14 fewer than the 191 girls named Tillie in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #148, reached in 1884. The most girls given the name in a single year was 499, in 1915. For comparison, it was #2,585 in 2015 and #1,675 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Tillie in 145 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 83 babies. In all, 15,765 US babies have been given the name, 99.8% of them girls and 0.2% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1910s, with 3,666 babies named Tillie.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,268 US girls were named Tillie; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 191. In 2025 that was about 1 in 9,081 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Tillie ranked highest in Iowa in 2025, at #487 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Tilly (2,699 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Tylie, Tilley and Tilia are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Tylie (515), Tilley (261), Tilia (132), Tellie (57), Teylie (44), Tillee (30), Tilli (12), Telli (11), Tilio (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Tillie in the open dataset we use.
Tillie is listed as a nickname for Mathilda, Tilford.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 37 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | 7 | #487 | — |
| Alabama | 8 | #629 | — |
| Wisconsin | 7 | #694 | — |
| Utah | 6 | #699 | #841 |
| North Carolina | 14 | #728 | — |
| Louisiana | 6 | #766 | — |
| Ohio | 12 | #794 | — |
| Tennessee | 9 | #807 | — |
| Georgia | 8 | #1,200 | — |
| Virginia | 5 | #1,363 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 6 | #1,380 | — |
| Texas | 15 | #1,609 | #3,753 |
| Florida | 7 | #1,870 | — |
| California | 5 | #3,490 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 177 | #1,269 | — | — |
| 2024 | 191 | #1,235 | — | — |
| 2023 | 177 | #1,297 | — | — |
| 2022 | 156 | #1,440 | — | — |
| 2021 | 131 | #1,609 | — | — |
| 2020 | 112 | #1,780 | — | — |
| 2019 | 115 | #1,787 | — | — |
| 2018 | 84 | #2,216 | — | — |
| 2017 | 54 | #3,048 | — | — |
| 2016 | 71 | #2,535 | — | — |
| 2015 | 70 | #2,585 | — | — |
| 2014 | 52 | #3,183 | — | — |
| 2013 | 42 | #3,695 | — | — |
| 2012 | 41 | #3,848 | — | — |
| 2011 | 37 | #4,065 | — | — |
| 2010 | 23 | #5,962 | — | — |
| 2009 | 40 | #3,940 | — | — |
| 2008 | 24 | #5,942 | — | — |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,376 | — | — |
| 2006 | 29 | #4,944 | — | — |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,870 | — | — |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,681 | — | — |
| 2003 | 23 | #5,406 | — | — |
| 2002 | 13 | #8,249 | — | — |
| 2001 | 11 | #9,312 | — | — |
| 2000 | 19 | #5,925 | — | — |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,683 | — | — |
| 1998 | 9 | #10,056 | — | — |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,708 | — | — |
| 1996 | 8 | #10,488 | — | — |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,709 | — | — |
| 1994 | 7 | #11,700 | — | — |
| 1993 | 8 | #10,522 | — | — |
| 1991 | 10 | #8,560 | — | — |
| 1990 | 12 | #7,277 | — | — |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,708 | — | — |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,880 | — | — |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,949 | — | — |
| 1986 | 6 | #10,815 | — | — |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,656 | — | — |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,727 | — | — |
| 1983 | 11 | #6,189 | — | — |
| 1982 | 7 | #9,169 | — | — |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,556 | — | — |
| 1980 | 18 | #4,314 | — | — |
| 1979 | 9 | #7,280 | — | — |
| 1978 | 15 | #4,668 | — | — |
| 1977 | 13 | #5,194 | — | — |
| 1976 | 13 | #4,892 | — | — |
| 1975 | 22 | #3,251 | — | — |
| 1974 | 17 | #3,848 | — | — |
| 1973 | 19 | #3,468 | — | — |
| 1972 | 10 | #5,446 | — | — |
| 1971 | 11 | #5,107 | — | — |
| 1970 | 13 | #4,474 | — | — |
| 1969 | 10 | #5,025 | — | — |
| 1968 | 17 | #3,301 | — | — |
| 1967 | 8 | #5,417 | — | — |
| 1966 | 11 | #4,177 | — | — |
| 1965 | 26 | #2,405 | — | — |
| 1964 | 17 | #3,230 | — | — |
| 1963 | 33 | #2,093 | — | — |
| 1962 | 28 | #2,308 | — | — |
| 1961 | 12 | #3,998 | — | — |
| 1960 | 25 | #2,428 | — | — |
| 1959 | 32 | #2,013 | — | — |
| 1958 | 16 | #3,071 | — | — |
| 1957 | 40 | #1,726 | — | — |
| 1956 | 25 | #2,245 | — | — |
| 1955 | 30 | #1,976 | — | — |
| 1954 | 30 | #1,945 | — | — |
| 1953 | 46 | #1,457 | — | — |
| 1952 | 32 | #1,776 | — | — |
| 1951 | 32 | #1,734 | — | — |
| 1950 | 32 | #1,675 | — | — |
| 1949 | 52 | #1,276 | — | — |
| 1948 | 47 | #1,356 | — | — |
| 1947 | 51 | #1,289 | — | — |
| 1946 | 47 | #1,272 | — | — |
| 1945 | 48 | #1,140 | — | — |
| 1944 | 60 | #1,014 | — | — |
| 1943 | 55 | #1,085 | — | — |
| 1942 | 67 | #958 | — | — |
| 1941 | 51 | #1,029 | — | — |
| 1940 | 81 | #789 | — | — |
| 1939 | 77 | #784 | — | — |
| 1938 | 102 | #681 | — | — |
| 1937 | 86 | #732 | — | — |
| 1936 | 110 | #633 | — | — |
| 1935 | 106 | #634 | — | — |
| 1934 | 108 | #646 | — | — |
| 1933 | 125 | #574 | — | — |
| 1932 | 139 | #555 | — | — |
| 1931 | 135 | #569 | — | — |
| 1930 | 148 | #559 | — | — |
| 1929 | 185 | #496 | — | — |
| 1928 | 197 | #491 | — | — |
| 1927 | 220 | #472 | — | — |
| 1926 | 216 | #471 | — | — |
| 1925 | 284 | #408 | — | — |
| 1924 | 297 | #399 | — | — |
| 1923 | 272 | #407 | 5 | #4,823 |
| 1922 | 327 | #366 | — | — |
| 1921 | 333 | #364 | — | — |
| 1920 | 365 | #343 | 6 | #4,239 |
| 1919 | 424 | #307 | — | — |
| 1918 | 388 | #327 | — | — |
| 1917 | 459 | #287 | 5 | #4,525 |
| 1916 | 457 | #278 | — | — |
| 1915 | 499 | #263 | 6 | #3,789 |
| 1914 | 404 | #256 | — | — |
| 1913 | 303 | #267 | — | — |
| 1912 | 283 | #265 | — | — |
| 1911 | 219 | #263 | — | — |
| 1910 | 219 | #260 | — | — |
| 1909 | 210 | #245 | 5 | #1,662 |
| 1908 | 198 | #245 | — | — |
| 1907 | 217 | #225 | — | — |
| 1906 | 161 | #259 | — | — |
| 1905 | 172 | #242 | — | — |
| 1904 | 189 | #221 | — | — |
| 1903 | 179 | #223 | — | — |
| 1902 | 159 | #243 | — | — |
| 1901 | 156 | #234 | — | — |
| 1900 | 201 | #223 | — | — |
| 1899 | 175 | #210 | — | — |
| 1898 | 225 | #194 | — | — |
| 1897 | 199 | #197 | — | — |
| 1896 | 189 | #202 | — | — |
| 1895 | 212 | #185 | — | — |
| 1894 | 198 | #187 | — | — |
| 1893 | 202 | #178 | — | — |
| 1892 | 195 | #180 | — | — |
| 1891 | 207 | #161 | — | — |
| 1890 | 207 | #167 | — | — |
| 1889 | 188 | #161 | — | — |
| 1888 | 154 | #181 | — | — |
| 1887 | 140 | #169 | — | — |
| 1886 | 143 | #162 | — | — |
| 1885 | 101 | #187 | — | — |
| 1884 | 145 | #148 | — | — |
| 1883 | 114 | #157 | — | — |
| 1882 | 104 | #158 | — | — |
| 1881 | 82 | #165 | — | — |
| 1880 | 83 | #160 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).