# Tillie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/tillie/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 15,765 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 27 / 15,738 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,037, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Matilda.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 37 | 4,065 |
| 2012 | 41 | 3,848 |
| 2013 | 42 | 3,695 |
| 2014 | 52 | 3,183 |
| 2015 | 70 | 2,585 |
| 2016 | 71 | 2,535 |
| 2017 | 54 | 3,048 |
| 2018 | 84 | 2,216 |
| 2019 | 115 | 1,787 |
| 2020 | 112 | 1,780 |
| 2021 | 131 | 1,609 |
| 2022 | 156 | 1,440 |
| 2023 | 177 | 1,297 |
| 2024 | 191 | 1,235 |
| 2025 | 177 | 1,269 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1909 | 5 | 1,662 |
| 1915 | 6 | 3,789 |
| 1917 | 5 | 4,525 |
| 1920 | 6 | 4,239 |
| 1923 | 5 | 4,823 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 104 | 424 |
| 2012 | 122 | 386 |
| 2013 | 114 | 383 |
| 2014 | 80 | 527 |
| 2015 | 84 | 512 |
| 2016 | 78 | 544 |
| 2017 | 65 | 637 |
| 2018 | 70 | 587 |
| 2019 | 75 | 537 |
| 2020 | 87 | 463 |
| 2021 | 74 | 544 |
| 2022 | 87 | 476 |
| 2023 | 99 | 414 |
| 2024 | 68 | 575 |
| 2025 | 71 | 561 |

## People named Tillie

- Tillie Olsen, American writer (1912–2007)
- Tillie Walden, American cartoonist
- Tillie K. Fowler, American congresswoman (1942–2005)
- Tillie Anderson, cyclist (1875-1965)
- Tillie Martinussen, Danish politician

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.