Tilman
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TIL-mun
- Origin
- Germanic
Tilman is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “ruler of the people”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Tilman mean?
Germanic: medieval German pet form of Dietrich, via Till
“ruler of the people”
Borne by the German late-Gothic sculptor Tilman Riemenschneider (c. 1460-1531).
Is Tilman a girl's or a boy's name?
Tilman is a boys' name.
How popular is Tilman in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1926, with 26 boys. It first appears in the records in 1881.
Half of all the boys named Tilman in the US since 1880 were born between 1922 and 1958, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tilman in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 11 | #2,575 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 7 | #3,247 |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 10 | #2,662 |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,273 |
| 1957 | 16 | #2,018 |
| 1956 | 12 | #2,359 |
| 1955 | 8 | #2,962 |
| 1954 | 12 | #2,315 |
| 1953 | 9 | #2,708 |
| 1952 | 9 | #2,678 |
| 1951 | 6 | #3,362 |
| 1950 | 11 | #2,320 |
| 1949 | 8 | #2,801 |
| 1948 | 11 | #2,325 |
| 1947 | 7 | #3,095 |
| 1946 | 16 | #1,812 |
| 1945 | 14 | #1,851 |
| 1944 | 9 | #2,466 |
| 1943 | 7 | #2,962 |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,144 |
| 1941 | 9 | #2,491 |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,081 |
| 1939 | 18 | #1,578 |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,084 |
| 1937 | 7 | #2,905 |
| 1936 | 15 | #1,801 |
| 1935 | 19 | #1,584 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,393 |
| 1933 | 20 | #1,540 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,465 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,327 |
| 1930 | 9 | #2,779 |
| 1929 | 22 | #1,564 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,162 |
| 1927 | 14 | #2,193 |
| 1926 | 26 | #1,432 |
| 1925 | 20 | #1,744 |
| 1924 | 22 | #1,675 |
| 1923 | 21 | #1,695 |
| 1922 | 21 | #1,695 |
| 1921 | 19 | #1,828 |
| 1920 | 23 | #1,592 |
| 1919 | 13 | #2,264 |
| 1918 | 24 | #1,498 |
| 1917 | 22 | #1,528 |
| 1916 | 15 | #1,948 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,620 |
| 1914 | 20 | #1,342 |
| 1913 | 15 | #1,364 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,536 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,044 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,112 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,001 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,100 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 6 | #848 |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 7 | #705 |
Nicknames for Tilman
- Till
Names like Tilman
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
William, Henry, Walter, Charlie, Lewis, Harlan, Archie, Louis, Leon, Frederick, Edwin, Warren
Names related to Tilman
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Charlotte, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles, Alice, Myles, Charles, Lottie
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, “Tilman: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tilman, updated 20 October 2026.