Tilda
Tilda was given to 17 girls in 2025, #6,805 among girls’ names; 2,040 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Tilda by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Tilda mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Tilda is “a female given name from the Germanic languages, short form of Matilda.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Tilda?
#6,805 among girls’ names, 2025
Tilda rose from #6,955 in 2015 to #6,805 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 10.1 to 10.6 per million.
35 babies in 1924, the peak
Tilda peaked in 1924, when 35 girls were given it, #1,404 among girls’ names. The 17 births of 2025 are 49% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,805 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 13 | #8,390 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 20 | #6,139 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 21 | #5,965 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,658 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,922 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,556 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 17 | #7,075 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 21 | #6,019 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,829 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (115)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 18 | #6,955 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,883 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 6 | #16,369 | under 0.01 |
| 2012 | 10 | #11,188 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 9 | #12,058 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 9 | #12,188 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 10 | #11,393 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 6 | #17,327 | under 0.01 |
| 2006 | 8 | #13,513 | under 0.01 |
| 1977 | 5 | #11,189 | under 0.01 |
| 1976 | 6 | #9,179 | under 0.01 |
| 1975 | 5 | #10,488 | under 0.01 |
| 1973 | 7 | #7,382 | under 0.01 |
| 1971 | 5 | #9,531 | under 0.01 |
| 1970 | 10 | #5,379 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 7 | #6,558 | under 0.01 |
| 1968 | 10 | #4,750 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 12 | #4,031 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 12 | #3,939 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 12 | #3,932 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 18 | #3,098 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 20 | #2,853 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 22 | #2,657 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 18 | #3,050 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 12 | #3,902 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 22 | #2,514 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 23 | #2,444 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 24 | #2,342 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 11 | #3,892 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 19 | #2,627 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 15 | #3,008 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 15 | #2,913 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 17 | #2,662 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 11 | #3,472 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 19 | #2,331 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 19 | #2,333 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,971 | under 0.01 |
| 1947 | 23 | #2,085 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 17 | #2,387 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 22 | #1,820 | 0.02 |
| 1944 | 14 | #2,501 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 8 | #3,780 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,648 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 16 | #2,182 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 13 | #2,404 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 22 | #1,681 | 0.02 |
| 1938 | 18 | #1,940 | 0.02 |
| 1937 | 23 | #1,627 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 17 | #1,943 | 0.02 |
| 1935 | 27 | #1,443 | 0.03 |
| 1934 | 21 | #1,692 | 0.02 |
| 1933 | 21 | #1,715 | 0.02 |
| 1932 | 22 | #1,677 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 17 | #2,015 | 0.02 |
| 1930 | 19 | #1,929 | 0.02 |
| 1929 | 22 | #1,756 | 0.02 |
| 1928 | 29 | #1,499 | 0.03 |
| 1927 | 32 | #1,449 | 0.03 |
| 1926 | 25 | #1,714 | 0.02 |
| 1925 | 24 | #1,788 | 0.02 |
| 1924 | 35 | #1,404 | 0.03 |
| 1923 | 26 | #1,666 | 0.02 |
| 1922 | 29 | #1,571 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 32 | #1,474 | 0.03 |
| 1920 | 26 | #1,663 | 0.02 |
| 1919 | 28 | #1,525 | 0.02 |
| 1918 | 29 | #1,494 | 0.03 |
| 1917 | 29 | #1,399 | 0.03 |
| 1916 | 29 | #1,377 | 0.03 |
| 1915 | 19 | #1,788 | 0.02 |
| 1914 | 16 | #1,731 | 0.02 |
| 1913 | 18 | #1,400 | 0.03 |
| 1912 | 28 | #975 | 0.05 |
| 1911 | 18 | #1,068 | 0.04 |
| 1910 | 15 | #1,205 | 0.04 |
| 1909 | 22 | #888 | 0.06 |
| 1908 | 14 | #1,131 | 0.04 |
| 1907 | 22 | #815 | 0.07 |
| 1906 | 14 | #1,038 | 0.05 |
| 1905 | 23 | #775 | 0.08 |
| 1904 | 17 | #904 | 0.06 |
| 1903 | 15 | #925 | 0.06 |
| 1902 | 24 | #714 | 0.09 |
| 1901 | 23 | #681 | 0.10 |
| 1900 | 21 | #828 | 0.07 |
| 1899 | 15 | #870 | 0.06 |
| 1898 | 19 | #788 | 0.07 |
| 1897 | 22 | #679 | 0.09 |
| 1896 | 19 | #752 | 0.08 |
| 1895 | 27 | #593 | 0.12 |
| 1894 | 14 | #845 | 0.06 |
| 1893 | 17 | #737 | 0.08 |
| 1892 | 16 | #759 | 0.08 |
| 1891 | 15 | #725 | 0.08 |
| 1890 | 26 | #522 | 0.14 |
| 1889 | 13 | #753 | 0.07 |
| 1888 | 17 | #632 | 0.10 |
| 1887 | 18 | #536 | 0.12 |
| 1886 | 28 | #415 | 0.19 |
| 1885 | 17 | #539 | 0.13 |
| 1884 | 17 | #518 | 0.13 |
| 1883 | 31 | #323 | 0.28 |
| 1882 | 15 | #491 | 0.14 |
| 1881 | 16 | #433 | 0.17 |
| 1880 | 7 | #731 | 0.08 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Tilda a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Tilda has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 115 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Tilda: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Tilda, and how old are they?
An estimated 687 Americans named Tilda and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (34% of everyone recorded); the median is 62 years old and half are between 11 and 73. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 724 people named Tilda (721 women and girls, 3 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 692 born in the U.S. The Census count is 5% above that prediction.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Tilda
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Tilda and names like it
- Compare Tilda and SophroniaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sTilda peaked in 1924.
- Kentucky’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Tilda since 1910.
- The top names of 1924The year the most babies were named Tilda.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Tilda alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with TMost given first.