Tilly

What Tilly means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Tilly yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #2,236 in 2015, #884 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Tilly?

US: Rising: up from #2236 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #128 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 302 girls got the name (#884 that year). First in the US records in 1912.

How common

• About 1 in 5,322 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 959 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 716 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in SD (1.64 per 1,000 girls), WV (1.38 per 1,000 girls), OR (1.0 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Tilly is #884 in the US and #193 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Tilly were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Dolly113 US · 144 E&W
• Tilley32 US
• Tully21 US · 11 E&W
• Dally28 US
• Tally13 US
• Dilly0 US · 11 E&W
• Talley8 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Tilly

Girls

• Lennon#214“descendant of Lover (Leannán)”^*
• Juniper#100Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #427 in 2015, #100 in 2025
• Eloise#49Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #254 in 2015, #49 in 2025. 6 letters, starting with a vowel
• Kaylani#185Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,054 in 2015, #185 in 2025
• Ember#154Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #366 in 2015, #154 in 2025
• Juliette#110Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #227 in 2015, #110 in 2025

For a brother

• Kayson#264Variant of Cason, meaning “house”^*
• Shepherd#246From the word “shepherd”^*
• Hayes#162“brushwood”^*
• Bennett#40Form of Benedict, meaning “blessed, well spoken of”^*
• Amir#105“commander, prince”^*
• Milo#119Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #288 in 2015, #119 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Tilly’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.