Tilly

Peak · girls
2025 · 302 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,699
since 1912

Tilly over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Tilly has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank192019401960198020002020girlsat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#884302
2024#952274
2023#1,043242
2022#1,026250
2021#1,129218
2020#1,327166
2019#1,340170
2018#1,640129
2017#1,854110
2016#2,28783
2015#2,23684
2014#2,56069
2013#2,70664
2012#2,63268
2011#3,22251
2010#3,57244
2009#3,80041
2008#5,14228
2007#4,67531
2006#7,14217
2005#7,89114
2004#8,25913
2003#7,58014
2002#10,2469
2001#8,19612
2000#15,0315
1999#6,83614
1998#11,1387
1997#9,0179
1996#9,5818
1995#8,7669
1994#9,5868
1993—
1992#13,3175
1991#13,1475
1990#11,4096
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1987#11,3255
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1979#9,0106
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1975#9,0675
1974#7,6806
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1972#7,2926
1971#8,3245
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1968#7,0165
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1963#5,8916
1962#5,2937
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1959#6,2455
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1940#3,8636
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1933#3,7536
1932#4,4115
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1928#4,7255
1927#4,8055
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1925#4,9735
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1912#2,9795
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First appearance
1912

The first year at least five girls were named Tilly! It came in at #2,979, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1912–1913, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Tilly is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Tilly, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Tilly, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Tilly, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Tilly, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Tilly, so not publishedWAIdaho: #308 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,023 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Tilly, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Tilly, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #540 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,387 girlsMNIllinois: #1,405 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,866 girlsILWisconsin: #700 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,376 girlsWIMichigan: #863 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,466 girlsMINew York: #1,312 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 7,833 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Tilly, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Tilly, so not publishedRIOregon: #273 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,004 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Tilly, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Tilly, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #233 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 610 girlsSDIowa: #565 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,354 girlsIAIndiana: #611 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,791 girlsINOhio: #801 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 4,297 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Tilly, so not publishedPANew Jersey: #1,168 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,100 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Tilly, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,276 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 20,216 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Tilly, so not publishedUTColorado: #703 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,332 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Tilly, so not publishedNEMissouri: #480 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,025 girlsMOKentucky: #307 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,232 girlsKYWest Virginia: #230 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 725 girlsWVVirginia: #936 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,820 girlsVAMaryland: #840 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,997 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Tilly, so not publishedDEArizona: #818 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,031 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Tilly, so not publishedNMKansas: #578 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,362 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Tilly, so not publishedARTennessee: #375 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,527 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #729 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,576 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Tilly, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Tilly, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Tilly, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Tilly, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Tilly, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Tilly, so not publishedALGeorgia: #581 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 2,512 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Tilly, so not publishedHITexas: #1,087 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 6,422 girlsTXFlorida: #1,243 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 7,887 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. West Virginia#230 · 1 in 725
  2. South Dakota#233 · 1 in 610
  3. Oregon#273 · 1 in 1,004
  4. Kentucky#307 · 1 in 1,232
  5. Idaho#308 · 1 in 1,023

Best ever in a state: #162 in North Dakota, 2022.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
West Virginia#23071 in 725
South Dakota#23351 in 610
Oregon#273131 in 1,004
Kentucky#307141 in 1,232
Idaho#30871 in 1,023
Tennessee#375211 in 1,527
Missouri#480121 in 2,025
Minnesota#54091 in 2,387
Iowa#56551 in 2,354
Kansas#57851 in 2,362
Georgia#581181 in 2,512
Indiana#611101 in 2,791
Wisconsin#70061 in 3,376
Colorado#70371 in 3,332
North Carolina#729131 in 3,576
Ohio#801111 in 4,297
Arizona#81871 in 4,031
Maryland#84051 in 3,997
Michigan#86381 in 4,466
Virginia#93671 in 4,820
Texas#1,087251 in 6,422
New Jersey#1,16851 in 7,100
Florida#1,243111 in 7,887
New York#1,312101 in 7,833
Illinois#1,40551 in 8,866
California#2,27681 in 20,216
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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See more about Tilly
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 443 spots since 2020 (#1,327 → #884)
  • Biggest jump: 91 spots in 2024
Rise & fade · girls
113 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 2025 at #884 (302 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 2024–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,322
  • Highest: 1 in 5,322 girls born in 2025 were named Tilly (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
  • 53.8% of all girls named Tilly (1,452) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s27#1,896 (1914)#2,635
1920s20#4,725 (1928)#4,870
1930s11#3,753 (1933)#4,082
1940s6#3,863 (1940)#3,863
1950s5#6,245 (1959)#6,245
1960s18#5,293 (1962)#6,067
1970s28#7,292 (1972)#8,275
1980s5#11,325 (1987)#11,325
1990s71#6,836 (1999)#10,311
2000s184#3,800 (2009)#7,796
2010s872#1,340 (2019)#2,405
2020s1,452#884 (2025)#1,060

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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