How Many People Are Named Tilda?
people named Tilda are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 488,264 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,040 babies named Tilda in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
35 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of MATILDA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Tilda in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Tilda alive today is about 48 years old, and 54% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 10 and 73 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Tilda first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1924, to 35 babies. In 2025, 17 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Tilda has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #323, in 1883. In 2025 it ranked #6,805.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #6,805 |
| Best rank | #323 (1883) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,567 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Tilda alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Tilda were born in Kentucky than in any other state: about 14 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Tilda was given about 18.9 times as often in Kentucky.
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