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Tillie

Gender
Girl
Say it
TIL-ee
Origin
Germanic
UK rank, 2025
#502 for girls
US rank, 2025
#1,261 for girls

Tillie is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “mighty in battle”. In 2025 it ranked 502nd for girls in the UK (88 babies) and 1,261st for girls in the US (177 babies).

What does Tillie mean?

Germanic: pet form of Matilda

“mighty in battle”

A pet form of Matilda, from Germanic elements meaning might and battle.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Tillie a girl's or a boy's name?

Tillie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 88 girls in the UK and 177 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Tillie in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#502among girls
Babies in 2025
88about 1 in 3,200 girls
Five-year trend
Steadyup 4% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 88 girls in the UK were named Tillie, making it the 502nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 460th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 126 girls.

Half of all the girls named Tillie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 384 girls in the UK were given Tillie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #166, up from #502 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 561st in England and Wales, 284th in Scotland and 290th in Northern Ireland.

1996Busiest: 126 in 20122025
Tillie in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202588#502
202475#568
2023108#427
202296#482
202186#526
202097#460
201984#531
201879#577
201774#620
201690#525
201595#499
201488#536
2013121#400
2012126#410
2011110#444
2010101#467
200979#546
200886#504
2007106#430
200673#548
200567#547
200469#516
200345#687
200227#927
200125#955
200023#1,016
199921#1,065
199815#1,350
199716#1,278
199617#1,179

How popular is Tillie in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,261among girls
Babies in 2025
177about 1 in 9,100 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 75% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 177 girls in the US were named Tillie, making it the 1,261st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,769th. Its busiest year was 1915, with 499 girls.

Half of all the girls named Tillie in the US since 1880 were born between 1903 and 1932, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 511 girls in the US were given Tillie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #586, up from #1,261 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 499 in 19152025
Tillie in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025177#1,261
2024191#1,231
2023177#1,292
2022156#1,437
2021131#1,600
2020112#1,769
2019115#1,773
201884#2,207
201754#3,014
201671#2,517
201570#2,555
201452#3,135
201342#3,643
201241#3,781
201137#3,998
201023#5,769
200940#3,869
200824#5,747
200718#7,088
200629#4,810
200515#7,495
200413#8,254
200323#5,230
200213#7,810
200111#8,751
200019#5,700
199913#7,233
19989#9,254
199712#7,278
19968#9,576
199510#8,074
19947#10,563
19938#9,552
19920–
199110#7,980
199012#6,861
19899#8,031
198814#5,593
19879#7,348
19866#9,540
198513#5,346
198416#4,477
198311#5,822
19827#8,222
198113#5,253
198018#4,147
19799#6,694
197815#4,459
197713#4,941
197613#4,612
197522#3,155
197417#3,695
197319#3,341
197210#5,108
197111#4,808
197013#4,245
196910#4,722
196817#3,168
19678#4,981
196611#3,958
196526#2,344
196417#3,107
196333#2,060
196228#2,263
196112#3,792
196025#2,368
195932#1,984
195816#2,971
195740#1,704
195625#2,193
195530#1,939
195430#1,908
195346#1,438
195232#1,745
195132#1,700
195032#1,652
194952#1,264
194847#1,344
194751#1,269
194647#1,256
194548#1,130
194460#1,005
194355#1,076
194267#954
194151#1,020
194081#786
193977#775
1938102#681
193786#726
1936110#631
1935106#631
1934108#644
1933125#573
1932139#552
1931135#568
1930148#558
1929185#495
1928197#488
1927220#470
1926216#470
1925284#407
1924297#399
1923272#407
1922327#366
1921333#364
1920365#343
1919424#307
1918388#326
1917459#287
1916457#278
1915499#263
1914404#256
1913303#267
1912283#265
1911219#262
1910219#260
1909210#245
1908198#244
1907217#225
1906161#258
1905172#242
1904189#221
1903179#223
1902159#242
1901156#234
1900201#222
1899175#210
1898225#194
1897199#196
1896189#202
1895212#184
1894198#187
1893202#178
1892195#180
1891207#160
1890207#167
1889188#161
1888154#179
1887140#169
1886143#161
1885101#187
1884145#147
1883114#156
1882104#157
188182#163
188083#156

Names like Tillie

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Lottie Millie Hattie Elsie Ottilie Winnie Nellie Ada Frankie Rosie Minnie Annie

Other spellings of Tillie

Tilly Tilley

Names related to Tillie

Tilia Tallie Tilli

More Germanic names

Amelia Liam Henry Charlotte William Archie Charlie Emma Freddie Ella Harry Albie Matilda Louie Miles Alice

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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, “Tillie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tillie, updated 20 October 2026.