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
- Peak · girls
- 1884 · 145 births
- Debut · girls
- 83 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 15,738since 1880
Tillie over time
Rank among girls' names. Tillie has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,261 | 177 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,231 | 191 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,292 | 177 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,437 | 156 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,600 | 131 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,769 | 112 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,773 | 115 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,207 | 84 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,014 | 54 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,517 | 71 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,555 | 70 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,137 | 52 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,645 | 42 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,782 | 41 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,999 | 37 | — | |
| 2010 | #5,771 | 23 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,870 | 40 | — | |
| 2008 | #5,750 | 24 | — | |
| 2007 | #7,092 | 18 | — | |
| 2006 | #4,811 | 29 | — | |
| 2005 | #7,500 | 15 | — | |
| 2004 | #8,259 | 13 | — | |
| 2003 | #5,235 | 23 | — | |
| 2002 | #7,816 | 13 | — | |
| 2001 | #8,758 | 11 | — | |
| 2000 | #5,705 | 19 | — | |
| 1999 | #7,239 | 13 | — | |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 | — | |
| 1997 | #7,283 | 12 | — | |
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 | — | |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | — | |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 | — | |
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 | — | |
| 1990 | #6,867 | 12 | — | |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 | — | |
| 1988 | #5,598 | 14 | — | |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 | — | |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | — | |
| 1985 | #5,348 | 13 | — | |
| 1984 | #4,478 | 16 | — | |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 | — | |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 | — | |
| 1981 | #5,254 | 13 | — | |
| 1980 | #4,148 | 18 | — | |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 | — | |
| 1978 | #4,459 | 15 | — | |
| 1977 | #4,942 | 13 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,614 | 13 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,155 | 22 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,695 | 17 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,342 | 19 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,109 | 10 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 | — | |
| 1970 | #4,246 | 13 | — | |
| 1969 | #4,723 | 10 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,169 | 17 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,959 | 11 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,345 | 26 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,108 | 17 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,061 | 33 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,264 | 28 | — | |
| 1961 | #3,793 | 12 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,369 | 25 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,985 | 32 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,972 | 16 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,705 | 40 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,194 | 25 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,940 | 30 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,909 | 30 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,439 | 46 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,746 | 32 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,701 | 32 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,653 | 32 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,265 | 52 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,345 | 47 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,270 | 51 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,257 | 47 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,131 | 48 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,005 | 60 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,077 | 55 | — | |
| 1942 | #954 | 67 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,020 | 51 | — | |
| 1940 | #786 | 81 | — | |
| 1939 | #775 | 77 | — | |
| 1938 | #681 | 102 | — | |
| 1937 | #726 | 86 | — | |
| 1936 | #631 | 110 | — | |
| 1935 | #631 | 106 | — | |
| 1934 | #644 | 108 | — | |
| 1933 | #573 | 125 | — | |
| 1932 | #552 | 139 | — | |
| 1931 | #568 | 135 | — | |
| 1930 | #558 | 148 | — | |
| 1929 | #495 | 185 | — | |
| 1928 | #488 | 197 | — | |
| 1927 | #470 | 220 | — | |
| 1926 | #470 | 216 | — | |
| 1925 | #407 | 284 | — | |
| 1924 | #399 | 297 | — | |
| 1923 | #407 | 272 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | #366 | 327 | — | |
| 1921 | #364 | 333 | — | |
| 1920 | #343 | 365 | #3,815 | 6 |
| 1919 | #307 | 424 | — | |
| 1918 | #326 | 388 | — | |
| 1917 | #287 | 459 | #3,981 | 5 |
| 1916 | #278 | 457 | — | |
| 1915 | #263 | 499 | #3,392 | 6 |
| 1914 | #256 | 404 | — | |
| 1913 | #267 | 303 | — | |
| 1912 | #265 | 283 | — | |
| 1911 | #262 | 219 | — | |
| 1910 | #260 | 219 | — | |
| 1909 | #245 | 210 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | #244 | 198 | — | |
| 1907 | #225 | 217 | — | |
| 1906 | #258 | 161 | — | |
| 1905 | #242 | 172 | — | |
| 1904 | #221 | 189 | — | |
| 1903 | #223 | 179 | — | |
| 1902 | #242 | 159 | — | |
| 1901 | #234 | 156 | — | |
| 1900 | #222 | 201 | — | |
| 1899 | #210 | 175 | — | |
| 1898 | #194 | 225 | — | |
| 1897 | #196 | 199 | — | |
| 1896 | #202 | 189 | — | |
| 1895 | #184 | 212 | — | |
| 1894 | #187 | 198 | — | |
| 1893 | #178 | 202 | — | |
| 1892 | #180 | 195 | — | |
| 1891 | #160 | 207 | — | |
| 1890 | #167 | 207 | — | |
| 1889 | #161 | 188 | — | |
| 1888 | #179 | 154 | — | |
| 1887 | #169 | 140 | — | |
| 1886 | #161 | 143 | — | |
| 1885 | #187 | 101 | — | |
| 1884 | #147 | 145 | — | |
| 1883 | #156 | 114 | — | |
| 1882 | #157 | 104 | — | |
| 1881 | #163 | 82 | — | |
| 1880 | #156 | 83 | — | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1884 at #147 (145 births)
- Births halved by 1941, 57 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 62 yrs · run 1880–1940
- Highest: 1 in 890 girls born in 1884 were named Tillie (0.11%)
- Latest: 1 in 9,081 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 23.2% of all girls named Tillie (3,655) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,254 | #147 (1884) | #164 |
| 1890s | 2,009 | #160 (1891) | #186 |
| 1900s | 1,842 | #221 (1904) | #236 |
| 1910s | 3,655 | #256 (1914) | #277 |
| 1920s | 2,696 | #343 (1920) | #421 |
| 1930s | 1,136 | #552 (1932) | #634 |
| 1940s | 559 | #786 (1940) | #1,111 |
| 1950s | 315 | #1,439 (1953) | #1,924 |
| 1960s | 187 | #2,061 (1963) | #3,277 |
| 1970s | 142 | #3,155 (1975) | #4,507 |
| 1980s | 116 | #4,148 (1980) | #6,381 |
| 1990s | 89 | #6,867 (1990) | #8,492 |
| 2000s | 205 | #3,870 (2009) | #6,480 |
| 2010s | 589 | #1,773 (2019) | #3,240 |
| 2020s | 944 | #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
Top girls' names in 1917
Top boys' names in 1917
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).
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).
Tied with 621 names at #3,981; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.