Tila
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- TEE-la
- Origin
- Germanic
Tila is a girls' name of Germanic origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Tila mean?
Germanic: often a short form of Otilia or Matilda
In Spanish-speaking families Tila is a traditional pet form of Otilia.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Tila a girl's or a boy's name?
Tila is a girls' name.
How popular is Tila in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 34 girls. It first appears in the records in 1930.
Half of all the girls named Tila in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tila in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 34 | #4,447 |
| 2007 | 25 | #5,523 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,861 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,661 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 14 | #5,185 |
| 1985 | 22 | #3,729 |
| 1984 | 21 | #3,725 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,321 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,299 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,244 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,548 |
Names like Tila
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Chiara Demi Paola Emma Tessa Alyssa Tiana Alina Gianna Tatum Kira Kiara
Names related to Tila
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Henry Charlotte William Archie Charlie Freddie Ella Harry Millie Albie Matilda Louie Miles Alice
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Tila: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tila, updated 20 October 2026.