Girls' name · since 1989
Tilia
Tilia has 132 recorded births since 1989 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2016 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #24,140 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,691 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 132
- born since 1989
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Tilia is the #9691 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 132 recorded since 1989.
Tilia has 132 recorded births among girls since 1989, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9691 as of the latest data, more common than 44% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2025.
- #24,140 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,691 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 132 born since 1989
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tilia ranks #24,140 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,691 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 132 born since 1989, peaking in the 2010s.
- #24,140 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,691 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 132
- born since 1989
- 2010s
- peak decade
Tilia's 132 recorded births place it above 66.61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Tilia compares
132 29th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Tilia's all-time total is 65% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Tilia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 132 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 21 | 19,840 |
Tilia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Tilia splits its recorded history at 2015: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2012 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2016 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Tilia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Tilia by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (74 births, 56% of the file).
2010s was Tilia's strongest decade.
74 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Tilia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 2000s 17
2000s
17 births
- 2010s
2010s
74 births
- 2020s
2020s
35 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 74 births (56% of all-time use).
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- Tilia's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (74 total births) through the 2020s (35) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Tilia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~36 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1989–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Tilia draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.