Tilly-May

Tilly-May was the #5,927 girls' name in England & Wales in 2025 (3 babies).

Tilly-May as a girl’s name

  • England & Wales
Tilly-May as a girl’s name, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1996–2025, for England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.1200020052010201520202025England & Wales
Tilly-May as a girl’s name, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1996–2025, for England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.1200020102020
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
YearEngland & Wales
2025#5,927 (3)
2024#4,193 (5)
2023#4,057 (5)
2022#3,971 (5)
2021#4,634 (4)
2020#5,493 (3)
2019#2,643 (9)
2018#3,518 (6)
2017#2,925 (8)
2016#1,749 (17)
2015#2,070 (13)
2014#1,702 (17)
2013#1,220 (28)
2012#1,649 (18)
2011#1,807 (15)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in England & Wales in 2013 at #1,220.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in England & Wales in 2003.

How common is it?

about 1 in 83,000 baby girls in the published England & Wales 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.

Next year

On its recent trend, Tilly-May is likely to keep rising in England & Wales in 2026: about 1 in 69,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 45,000 to 1 in 110,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.