Tilia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- TIL-ee-uh
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Tilia is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “linden tree”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Tilia mean?
Latin: Latin tilia
“linden tree”
Tilia is the botanical name of the linden or lime tree.
Is Tilia a girl's or a boy's name?
Tilia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tilia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Tilia, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 7 girls.
Half of all the girls named Tilia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Tilia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
How popular is Tilia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,454th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Tilia, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 11 girls. It first appears in the records in 1989.
Half of all the girls named Tilia in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tilia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
Nicknames for Tilia
- Tilly 296 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Tilia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Emilia, Aria, Luna, Isla, Sophia, Aurelia, Lucia, Freya, Olivia, Amelia, Lyra, Arabella
Names related to Tilia
More Latin names
Oliver, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Nora, Rosie, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara, Anthony, Austin
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Tilia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tilia, updated 20 October 2026.