Tillie

#1,261 for girls in 2025, 177 births · Last seen for boys in 1923 at #4,239
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1884 · 145 births
Debut · girls
83 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
15,738
since 1880

Tillie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Tillie has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201917peak #147, 1884girls
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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
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,261177
2024#1,231191
2023#1,292177
2022#1,437156
2021#1,600131
2020#1,769112
2019#1,773115
2018#2,20784
2017#3,01454
2016#2,51771
2015#2,55570
2014#3,13752
2013#3,64542
2012#3,78241
2011#3,99937
2010#5,77123
2009#3,87040
2008#5,75024
2007#7,09218
2006#4,81129
2005#7,50015
2004#8,25913
2003#5,23523
2002#7,81613
2001#8,75811
2000#5,70519
1999#7,23913
1998#9,2609
1997#7,28312
1996#9,5818
1995#8,07910
1994#10,5697
1993#9,5598
1992
1991#7,98710
1990#6,86712
1989#8,0379
1988#5,59814
1987#7,3539
1986#9,5456
1985#5,34813
1984#4,47816
1983#5,82411
1982#8,2247
1981#5,25413
1980#4,14818
1979#6,6969
1978#4,45915
1977#4,94213
1976#4,61413
1975#3,15522
1974#3,69517
1973#3,34219
1972#5,10910
1971#4,81011
1970#4,24613
1969#4,72310
1968#3,16917
1967#4,9828
1966#3,95911
1965#2,34526
1964#3,10817
1963#2,06133
1962#2,26428
1961#3,79312
1960#2,36925
1959#1,98532
1958#2,97216
1957#1,70540
1956#2,19425
1955#1,94030
1954#1,90930
1953#1,43946
1952#1,74632
1951#1,70132
1950#1,65332
1949#1,26552
1948#1,34547
1947#1,27051
1946#1,25747
1945#1,13148
1944#1,00560
1943#1,07755
1942#95467
1941#1,02051
1940#78681
1939#77577
1938#681102
1937#72686
1936#631110
1935#631106
1934#644108
1933#573125
1932#552139
1931#568135
1930#558148
1929#495185
1928#488197
1927#470220
1926#470216
1925#407284
1924#399297
1923#407272#4,2395
1922#366327
1921#364333
1920#343365#3,8156
1919#307424
1918#326388
1917#287459#3,9815
1916#278457
1915#263499#3,3926
1914#256404
1913#267303
1912#265283
1911#262219
1910#260219
1909#245210#1,4405
1908#244198
1907#225217
1906#258161
1905#242172
1904#221189
1903#223179
1902#242159
1901#234156
1900#222201
1899#210175
1898#194225
1897#196199
1896#202189
1895#184212
1894#187198
1893#178202
1892#180195
1891#160207
1890#167207
1889#161188
1888#179154
1887#169140
1886#161143
1885#187101
1884#147145
1883#156114
1882#157104
1881#16382
1880#15683
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Tillie was already there! It came in at #156, and was given to 83 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1992, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Tillie
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 30 spots since 2024 (#1,231#1,261)
  • 508 spots since 2020 (#1,769#1,261)
  • 1,294 spots since 2015 (#2,555#1,261)
  • Biggest jump: 66 spots in 1942 (#1,020#954)
  • Biggest drop: 234 spots in 1941 (#786#1,020)
Rise & fade · girls
4 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1884 at #147 (145 births)
  • Births halved by 1941, 57 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 62 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 62 yrs · run 1880–1940
Share of babies · girls
1 in 890
  • Highest: 1 in 890 girls born in 1884 were named Tillie (0.11%)
  • Latest: 1 in 9,081 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 23.2% of all girls named Tillie (3,655) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,254#147 (1884)#164
1890s2,009#160 (1891)#186
1900s1,842#221 (1904)#236
1910s3,655#256 (1914)#277
1920s2,696#343 (1920)#421
1930s1,136#552 (1932)#634
1940s559#786 (1940)#1,111
1950s315#1,439 (1953)#1,924
1960s187#2,061 (1963)#3,277
1970s142#3,155 (1975)#4,507
1980s116#4,148 (1980)#6,381
1990s89#6,867 (1990)#8,492
2000s205#3,870 (2009)#6,480
2010s589#1,773 (2019)#3,240
2020s944#1,231 (2024)#1,432

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.

Tillie in 1917

girls
#287
459 births · 1 in 2,356 girls
boys
#3,981
5 births · 1 in 185,096 boys

Top girls' names in 1917

  1. #1Mary64,280
  2. #2Helen34,251
  3. #3Dorothy28,852
  4. #4Margaret25,560
  5. #5Ruth23,568
  6. #6Mildred16,256
  7. #7Anna15,160
  8. #8Elizabeth15,131
  9. #9Frances14,363
  10. #10Virginia14,261
  11. #287Tillie459

Top boys' names in 1917

  1. #1John51,852
  2. #2William42,422
  3. #3James37,337
  4. #4Robert35,220
  5. #5Joseph24,761
  6. #6George24,196
  7. #7Charles24,143
  8. #8Edward17,501
  9. #9Frank15,768
  10. #10Thomas12,611
  11. #3,981Tillie5
More about 1917

girls

1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 2,356 of them was named Tillie, which outranked 94.6% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tillie
  1. #284Cecile476
  2. #284Olivia476
  3. #286Myra465
  4. #287Tillie459
  5. #288Priscilla456
  6. #289Janice455
  7. #290Nadine453
Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. 549Georgene#1,445#896
  2. 380Ottie#1,332#952
  3. 365Louis#1,298#933
  4. 334Valentine#1,298#964
  5. 322Harold#1,210#888
Fallers
  1. 401Ceola#840#1,241
  2. 373Floretta#964#1,337
  3. 344Buelah#993#1,337
  4. 326Glennie#915#1,241
  5. 290Maye#915#1,205

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

boys

925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 185,096 of them was named Tillie, which outranked 13.5% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tillie
  1. #3,545York6
  2. #3,545Zed6
  3. #3,545Zion6
  4. #3,981Tillie5
  5. #3,981Abbie5
  6. #3,981Abelardo5
  7. #3,981Abran5

Tied with 621 names at #3,981; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. 520Nicolas#1,304#784
  2. 469Hezekiah#1,415#946
  3. 433Hilliard#1,415#982
  4. 404Rayford#1,304#900
  5. 338Minoru#1,335#997
Fallers
  1. 1,738Tatsuo#824#2,562
  2. 709Berlin#984#1,693
  3. 556Prentice#972#1,528
  4. 473Manning#964#1,437
  5. 457Lovell#939#1,396

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

See the top 100 for 1917