Tilda

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Tilda: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Tilda: Recorded since 1996, it reached #768 in 2012, and it stood at #3,318 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
32times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#768highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1997	#3174
1999	#2444
2000	#3912
2001	#2783
2002	#2540
2003	#1843
2004	#2278
2005	#2970
2006	#1862
2007	#2627
2008	#1584
2009	#1752
2010	#1653
2011	#2150
2012	#1649
2013	#1639
2014	#1882
2015	#1649
2016	#1571
2017	#1817
2018	#1977
2019	#1854
2020	#1618
2021	#1505
2022	#2673
2023	#1959
2024	#3318

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2022: #905 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2673 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3126 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2011–2022
Highest recorded position: #768 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2012 (recorded 2011–2022).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3318 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Tilda appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 28 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 335 births with the name.

Tilda across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Tilda's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#3126 (1996)	#1505 (2021)	#3318 (2024)	28 of 29	335 (1996–2024)	20 (2016)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#937 (2011)	#768 (2012)	#905 (2022)	4 of 12	13 (2011–2022)	4 (2012)

Tilda by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Tilda in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	14	3 of 10	5
2000s	90	10 of 10	9
2010sbusiest	163	10 of 10	16
2020s	68	5 of 10	14

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 16 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Tilda appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #768 in Republic of Ireland in 2012.

Tilda's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3318	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1959	14	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2673	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1505	20	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1618	18	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1854	15	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1977	14	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1817	16	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1571	20	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1649	18	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1882	15	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1639	18	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1649	18	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2150	12	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1653	17	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1752	15	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1584	17	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2627	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1862	12	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2970	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2278	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1843	10	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2540	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2444	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#905	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#868	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#768	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#937	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #768, first reached in 2012.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 20 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2011, and 15 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Tighe · #390, 20y
Tilak · #2357, 10y
Tilde · #81, 33y
Tilla · #296, 28y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Alessandra · #770, 29y
Hashir · #770, 26y
Henrique · #770, 23y
Jabir · #770, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Andra · #768, 20y
Taja · #768, 16y
Alessandra · #770, 29y
Hashir · #770, 26y

Tilda was ranked #768 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2012. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Tilda and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Tilda without appearing here.

Tilda moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1977 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1854 and #5591.
Helene Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2970 and #2970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1862 and #4157.
Jan Compare
In 2002 they stood at #3912 and #3912 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #1843 and #3594.
Brittany Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2970 and #1500 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1862 and #3548.

Moved ahead of Tilda

Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1959 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #1743.
Liv Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1505 and #1569 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2673 and #1245.
Rory Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1505 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2673 and #1452.
Harper Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1862 and #2137 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #2627 and #1573.

Moved the opposite way to Tilda

Carol Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Tilda went from #3126 to #1505 while Carol went from #802 to #3519.
Tyler Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Tilda went from #3126 to #1505 while Tyler went from #230 to #5581.
Eabha Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Tilda went from #2278 to #3318 while Eabha went from #4598 to #1262.
Rian Compare
Between 1996 and 2015 in England and Wales · Girls, Tilda went from #3126 to #1649 while Rian went from #2350 to #5730.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #768 in Republic of Ireland in 2012. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Tilda

Tilda at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Tilda across 2 official records

Tilda by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Tilda appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Tilda

Tilda and the names beside it

Tilda moved ahead of

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Tilda at a glance

Tilda across 2 official records

Tilda by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Tilda appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Tilda

Tilda and the names beside it

Tilda moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Tilda

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