Girls' name · since 1881
Tilla
Tilla has 86 recorded births since 1881 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1889 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,889 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 86
- born since 1881
- 1880s
- peak decade
Tilla is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 86 have been recorded since 1881.
Tilla has 86 recorded births among girls since 1881, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1880s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1881 to 1985.
- #28,889 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 86 born since 1881
- 1880s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tilla ranks #28,889 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 86 born since 1881, peaking in the 1880s.
- #28,889 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 86
- born since 1881
- 1880s
- peak decade
Tilla's 86 recorded births place it above 60.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tilla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Tilla's SSA record in two at 1896 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1885, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1889 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Tilla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1881–1985
- Peak year (1889)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 105 years of records
Tilla by decade
1880s is the heaviest window (36 births, 42% of the file).
1880s was Tilla's strongest decade.
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Tilla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s
1880s
36 births
- 1890s 14
1890s
14 births
- 1900s 11
1900s
11 births
- 1910s 12
1910s
12 births
- 1920s 6
1920s
6 births
- 1980s 7
1980s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1880s at 36 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Tilla's decade-level peak was the 1880s (36 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tilla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1889)
Similar record span (~104 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, 1881–1985 (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 Tilla 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.