Tillie
Below 5 births
2025 SSA
About Tillie
A surprise recent hit revival with cutting-edge British, Tribeca and Malibu parents; Tillie, also spelled Tilly, is cute, frilly, and sassy all at once. Tilly features in the England and Wales Top 200, joining other nickname names like Milly, Maisie, Kitty and Lottie, while Tillie appears further down the charts in the Top 600.
Typically used as a nickname for Matilda, this spelling in particular may well appeal to parents of Ottilies.
Writer Tillie Olsen is a feminist favorite. Tillie's Punctured Romance is a classic Mack Sennett silent film, starring Charles Chaplin, Mabel Normand and Marie Dressler; Tillie the Toiler was an iconic flapper comic strip.
Tillie is also given to boys.
Pronounced TIL-ee.
As of October 2026, Tillie ranked #4823 in US births in 1923 SSA, peaked at #1662 in 1909.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | #3,183 | 52 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | #2,583 | 70 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | #2,535 | 71 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | #3,047 | 54 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | #2,216 | 84 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | #1,786 | 115 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | #1,780 | 112 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | #1,608 | 131 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | #1,440 | 156 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | #1,300 | 176 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | #1,236 | 189 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | #1,269 | 177 |
World rankings
Tillie for girls
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Tillie on lists
Famous Tillies
- Tillie Lerner OlsenGirl
American novelist
- Tillie Kidd FowlerGirl
U.S. Congresswoman from Florida
- Tillie Schloss PineGirl
American children's author
- Tillie MorenoGirl
Filipina singer
- Tillie Baldwin (born Anna Mathilda Winger)Girl
American rodeo pioneer
- Tillie AndersonGirl
Swedish,American cyclist
Tillie in pop culture
- Matilda "Tillie" HunsdorferGirl
character in Paul Zindel's play "The Effects of Gamma Rays on Man,in,the,Moon Marigolds"
- Tillie BanksGirl
main character in play "Tillie's Nightmare" and 1914 silent film "Tillie's Punctured Romance"
- Tillie HansenGirl
character in 1985 movie "The Aviator"
- Tillie KupermannGirl
character in "Blythewood" by Carol Goodman
- Māreikura "Tillie" PottsGirl
character on New Zealand soap "Shortland Street"
- "Tillie the ToilerGirl
" comic strip by Russ Westover
- "Tillie and the WallGirl
" short story by Leo Lionni
Variations & nicknames
- TillyGirl