Tilley
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- TIL-ee
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #4,351 for girls
Tilley is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “mighty in battle”. In 2025 it ranked 4,351st for girls in the US (32 babies).
What does Tilley mean?
Germanic: pet form of Matilda; also an English surname
“mighty in battle”
Pet form of Matilda, from Germanic words for might and battle; Tilley is also an English surname.
Is Tilley a girl's or a boy's name?
Tilley is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 32 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tilley in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Tilley in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Tilley in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,454 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,582 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 11 | #2,119 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 9 | #2,109 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,874 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Tilley in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,351st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 32 about 1 in 50,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 115% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 32 girls in the US were named Tilley, making it the 4,351st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. It first appears in the records in 2005.
2025 had the most girls named Tilley of any year since it first appeared, in 2005.
Half of all the girls named Tilley in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 511 girls in the US were given Tilley or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #586, up from #4,351 for this spelling alone.
Tilley in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #4,351 |
| 2024 | 26 | #5,018 |
| 2023 | 28 | #4,743 |
| 2022 | 22 | #5,635 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,744 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 20 | #5,982 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
Names like Tilley
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Isla, Freya, Poppy, Elodie, Millie, Lainey, Lily, Lyra, Miley, Aubrey, Maisie, Ella
Other spellings of Tilley
Names related to Tilley
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Harry, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles, Alice, Myles
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, “Tilley: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tilley, updated 20 October 2026.