Tilda

#6,546 for girls in 2025, 17 births

Peak · girls
#320
1883 · 31 births
Debut · girls
1880
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,040
since 1880

Tilda over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Tilda has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201920peak #320, 1883girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#6,54617
2024#7,96713
2023#5,96020
2022#5,79321
2021#6,41418
2020#7,55914
2019#8,13813
2018#6,79217
2017#5,82121
2016#8,39313
2015#6,72118
2014#10,12910
2013#14,5826
2012#10,42910
2011#11,1819
2010#11,2469
2009#10,67910
2008#15,4056
2007—
2006#12,4208
2005—
2004—
2003—
2002—
2001—
2000—
1999—
1998—
1997—
1996—
1995—
1994—
1993—
1992—
1991—
1990—
1989—
1988—
1987—
1986—
1985—
1984—
1983—
1982—
1981—
1980—
1979—
1978—
1977#9,6525
1976#8,1566
1975#9,0675
1974—
1973#6,6667
1972—
1971#8,3245
1970#5,06110
1969#5,9747
1968#4,48910
1967#3,84512
1966#3,74012
1965#3,73312
1964#3,00018
1963#2,78020
1962#2,60522
1961#2,95718
1960#3,68812
1959#2,45822
1958#2,37623
1957#2,27624
1956#3,69611
1955#2,55319
1954#2,88915
1953#2,81215
1952#2,58117
1951#3,28411
1950#2,25319
1949#2,27419
1948#5,2435
1947#2,04523
1946#2,31817
1945#1,79522
1944#2,40114
1943#3,4938
1942#2,53713
1941#2,09616
1940#2,29713
1939#1,63822
1938#1,87318
1937#1,58023
1936#1,87317
1935#1,41827
1934#1,65121
1933#1,65821
1932#1,63422
1931#1,94117
1930#1,87519
1929#1,70422
1928#1,46929
1927#1,42332
1926#1,66725
1925#1,74824
1924#1,38235
1923#1,63726
1922#1,53629
1921#1,43732
1920#1,62626
1919#1,48128
1918#1,45129
1917#1,37729
1916#1,35729
1915#1,73819
1914#1,66516
1913#1,35818
1912#96028
1911#1,03118
1910#1,17115
1909#86822
1908#1,08414
1907#79022
1906#1,00214
1905#76123
1904#88017
1903#89615
1902#68824
1901#65923
1900#80321
1899#83515
1898#76819
1897#66022
1896#72819
1895#57827
1894#81214
1893#71317
1892#72616
1891#69515
1890#50826
1889#72413
1888#61217
1887#52418
1886#40628
1885#52017
1884#50117
1883#32031
1882#47515
1881#41816
1880#6797
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Tilda was already there! It came in at #679, and was given to 7 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1971–1972, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Tilda
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 1,421 spots since 2024 (#7,967 → #6,546)
  • 1,013 spots since 2020 (#7,559 → #6,546)
  • 175 spots since 2015 (#6,721 → #6,546)
  • Biggest jump: 261 spots in 1881 (#679 → #418)
  • Biggest drop: 398 spots in 1913 (#960 → #1,358)
Rise & fade · girls
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1883 at #320 (31 births)
  • Births halved by 1889, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 29 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 29 yrs · run 1880–1905
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,623
  • Highest: 1 in 3,623 girls born in 1883 were named Tilda (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 94,545 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 13.7% of all girls named Tilda (280) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s179#320 (1883)#518
1890s190#508 (1890)#702
1900s195#659 (1901)#843
1910s229#960 (1912)#1,359
1920s280#1,382 (1924)#1,563
1930s207#1,418 (1935)#1,714
1940s150#1,795 (1945)#2,650
1950s176#2,253 (1950)#2,718
1960s143#2,605 (1962)#3,681
1970s38#5,061 (1970)#7,821
1980s0——
1990s0——
2000s24#10,679 (2009)#12,835
2010s126#5,821 (2017)#9,343
2020s103#5,793 (2022)#6,707

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Tilda in 1920

girls
#1,626
26 births · 1 in 46,088 girls

Top girls' names in 1920

  1. #1Mary70,983
  2. #2Dorothy36,643
  3. #3Helen35,097
  4. #4Margaret27,994
  5. #5Ruth26,102
  6. #6Mildred18,060
  7. #7Virginia17,314
  8. #8Elizabeth15,908
  9. #9Frances15,883
  10. #10Anna14,581
  11. #1,626Tilda26
More about 1920

girls

1,198,289 girls got a published name in 1920; 1 in 46,088 of them was named Tilda, which outranked 71.8% of the 5,767 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tilda
  1. #1,584Thyra27
  2. #1,584Vanita27
  3. #1,584Willodean27
  4. #1,626Tilda26
  5. #1,626Allean26
  6. #1,626Anabel26
  7. #1,626Arminta26
  8. #1,666Alena25
  9. #1,666Alfred25
  10. #1,666Allegra25

Tied with 39 names at #1,626; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. ↑ 550Denise#1,481 → #931
  2. ↑ 321Blossom#1,242 → #921
  3. ↑ 311Lilia#1,242 → #931
  4. ↑ 302Ena#1,270 → #968
  5. ↑ 277Lorayne#1,216 → #939
Fallers
  1. ↓ 594Haruko#917 → #1,511
  2. ↓ 511Roselle#1,000 → #1,511
  3. ↓ 345Toshiko#967 → #1,312
  4. ↓ 304Carroll#902 → #1,206
  5. ↓ 297Santina#835 → #1,132

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1920 →