Tools / Baby names / T

Tillie

Girl

Meaning of Tillie: German: 'battle-mighty'

Tillie is a girl's name most strongly associated with German naming. It has 6 letters and 2 syllables, and it is familiar but far from overused — 1225th most popular girls' name in the United States in 2025 and 575th in England & Wales.

US rank 2025

#1225

177 babies in 2025

England & Wales 2024

#575

68 babies in 2024

US babies since 1880

15,765

First recorded 1880 · peak 1915

Trend

rising

Style: uncommon

Popularity over time

1981: 13 babies1982: 7 babies1983: 11 babies1984: 16 babies1985: 13 babies1986: 6 babies1987: 9 babies1988: 14 babies1989: 9 babies1990: 12 babies19901991: 10 babies1992: 0 babies1993: 8 babies1994: 7 babies1995: 10 babies1996: 8 babies1997: 12 babies1998: 9 babies1999: 13 babies2000: 19 babies20002001: 11 babies2002: 13 babies2003: 23 babies2004: 13 babies2005: 15 babies2006: 29 babies2007: 18 babies2008: 24 babies2009: 40 babies2010: 23 babies20102011: 37 babies2012: 41 babies2013: 42 babies2014: 52 babies2015: 70 babies2016: 71 babies2017: 54 babies2018: 84 babies2019: 115 babies2020: 112 babies20202021: 131 babies2022: 156 babies2023: 177 babies2024: 191 babies2025: 177 babies
US babies named Tillie per year (Social Security Administration). Peak bar = 191.

Gender split

0% boys · 100% girls, based on US, UK and international usage.

Origins & cultures

More German girls' names

Other names starting with T