girls:
2.1k births since 1912
#3729 (35th percentile)
overall:
2.1k births since 1912
#5666 (27th percentile)
The name Tilly is the #5,666 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,121 recorded births since 1912. This represents the 26.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 26.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,729 (34.7% percentile) for all time with 2,121 births since 1912.
Tilly first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1912 (first recorded for girls in 1912). Birth data for Tilly is available in 53 out of the 112 years between 1912 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Tilly reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 25.5% percentile (ranked #714) with 139 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 139 births per million (ranked 25.5% percentile). Despite a peak around 1999, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Tilly is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #714 (24.6% percentile) with 138 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Tilly".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Tilly", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 4 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Tillie" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Tillie..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Tilly. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 85.7% confident that Tilly is pronounced as TIH-lee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is tih-lee, at 14.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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