Tilda
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, short form of Matilda.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Tilda (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Tilda has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2002. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 152 |
| 1999 | 229 |
| 2000 | 373 |
| 2001 | 416 |
| 2002 | 524 |
| 2003 | 505 |
| 2004 | 510 |
| 2005 | 432 |
| 2006 | 432 |
| 2007 | 340 |
| 2008 | 312 |
| 2009 | 268 |
| 2010 | 279 |
| 2011 | 211 |
| 2012 | 180 |
| 2013 | 165 |
| 2014 | 154 |
| 2015 | 158 |
| 2016 | 137 |
| 2017 | 98 |
| 2018 | 86 |
| 2019 | 74 |
| 2020 | 77 |
| 2021 | 66 |
| 2022 | 70 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 1,026 |
| 2000 | 1,390 |
| 2001 | 1,809 |
| 2002 | 2,323 |
| 2003 | 2,813 |
| 2004 | 3,310 |
| 2005 | 3,722 |
| 2006 | 4,142 |
| 2007 | 4,463 |
| 2008 | 4,804 |
| 2009 | 5,071 |
| 2010 | 5,354 |
| 2011 | 5,564 |
| 2012 | 5,741 |
| 2013 | 5,910 |
| 2014 | 6,066 |
| 2015 | 6,223 |
| 2016 | 6,353 |
| 2017 | 6,454 |
| 2018 | 6,532 |
| 2019 | 6,604 |
| 2020 | 6,667 |
Tilda in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Tilda.Hi! My name is Tilda.
- Tilda bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Tilda lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Tilda har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Tilda has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Tildas mamma är lärare.Tilda's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Tildas mamma is Tilda's mum.
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Questions about Tilda
How do you pronounce Tilda in Swedish?
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What does the name Tilda mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, short form of Matilda.
How popular is Tilda in Sweden?
70 babies were named Tilda in 2022. In 2020, 6,667 people in Sweden had Tilda as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2002 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.