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.
Where Tillie is popular in 1953
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#1,027 · 1 in 19,836
- Texas#1,167 · 1 in 22,163
Best ever in a state: #51 in New Mexico, 1928.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| California | #1,027 | 7 | 1 in 19,836 |
| Texas | #1,167 | 5 | 1 in 22,163 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 1953
Top girls' names in 1953
More about 1953
girls
1,881,301 girls got a published name in 1953; 1 in 40,898 of them was named Tillie, which outranked 77.9% of the 6,497 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,424Rosalia47
- #1,424Zona47
- #1,424Zora47
- #1,439Tillie46
- #1,439Allie46
- #1,439Annabelle46
- #1,439Arla46
- #1,460Adella45
- #1,460Debborah45
- #1,460Delorise45
Tied with 20 names at #1,439; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.