Tillie
Tillie is a feminine given name, a nickname and a surname. It may refer to:
- English
Meaning & Origin of Tillie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Tillie is a feminine given name, a nickname and a surname. It may refer to:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Tillie
The earliest SSA record of Tillie as a baby girl name dates back to 1880, when 83 babies received it. 1915 was its biggest year on record, with 499 newborns named Tillie — #263 in the national rankings. About 23% of every Tillie on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Tillie ranks #1,155 for baby girls with 208 births, rising sharply (+87% over the past five years). All told, over 16K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Tillie
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Tillie. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Tillie
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About the name Tillie
Tillie is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 16K births in the dataset. Tillie's peak popularity came in 1915 when it ranked #147. Use the chart and map above to compare Tillie's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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