NameTides

Tillie

Tillie was the #1,261 girls' name in the US in 2025 (177 babies), and #561 in England & Wales and #1,577 in Canada.

Tillie as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Tillie as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandScotlandEngland & WalesIrelandUSCanada
Tillie as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,261 (177)#561 (71)#284 (12)#290 (5)#608 (5)#1,577 (15)
2024#1,231 (191)#575 (68)#431 (7)—#372 (10)#1,077 (24)
2023#1,292 (177)#414 (99)#482 (6)#391 (3)#339 (11)#2,027 (10)
2022#1,437 (156)#476 (87)#531 (5)#354 (4)#634 (5)#2,133 (9)
2021#1,600 (131)#544 (74)#396 (8)#350 (4)#586 (6)#2,616 (7)
2020#1,769 (112)#463 (87)#544 (5)#281 (5)#834 (3)#2,873 (6)
2019#1,773 (115)#537 (75)#650 (4)#298 (5)#621 (5)#1,798 (12)
2018#2,207 (84)#587 (70)#502 (6)#434 (3)#629 (5)—
2017#3,014 (54)#637 (65)#666 (4)#296 (5)—#3,307 (5)
2016#2,517 (71)#544 (78)#453 (7)#306 (5)#868 (3)#3,294 (5)
2015#2,555 (70)#512 (84)#566 (5)#269 (6)#896 (3)#3,286 (5)
2014#3,137 (52)#527 (80)#802 (3)#314 (5)#876 (3)—
2013#3,645 (42)#383 (114)—#327 (5)——
2012#3,782 (41)#386 (122)#665 (4)———
2011#3,999 (37)#424 (104)#515 (6)—#937 (3)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1884 at #147.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 9,100 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 9,100uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 3,600uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 4,200uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 10,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Tillie is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 7,600 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 6,400 to 1 in 9,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Tillie by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #612WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #437IAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #743OHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #3,095CAUtah: #605UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,180VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #748TNNorth Carolina: #684NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #677LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #574ALGeorgia: #1,075GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,532TXFlorida: #1,685FL
Tillie (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,2848

Tillie (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
TillieCanadaGirls#1,57715
TillieEngland & WalesGirls#56171
TillieIrelandGirls#6085
TillieNorthern IrelandGirls#2905
TillieScotlandGirls#28412
TillieUSGirls#1,261177
TillieUSBoys—too few