How Many People Are Named Tillie?
people named Tillie are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 109,863 people in the US has this name
Based on 15,765 babies named Tillie 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
505 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of MATILDA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Tillie in English. Counting Tillie and these spellings together, about 5,732 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Tillie in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Tillie alive today is about 35 years old, and 57% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 70 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Tillie first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1915, to 505 babies. In 2025, 177 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Tillie has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #148, in 1884. In 2025 it ranked #1,269.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,269 |
| Best rank | #148 (1884) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #278 in the 1910s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Tillie alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Tillie were born in California than in any other state: about 169 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Tillie was given 15.5 times as often in New Mexico, 6 times in North Dakota and 3.6 times in Arizona.
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