Given name & surname

Dillie

Dillie is used as a given name and a surname.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Dillie isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Dillie through the years

Babies since 1880
537
0 boys · 537 girls
Most popular year
1905
18 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Dillie in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1880–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1948. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 18 in 1905. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 113 as a first name in 2020; 504 as a surname in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Dillie’s family of names

Dillie may belong to the same name family as Dilly. This is a tentative spelling connection.

Walk Dillie’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Dillie, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

 

Dissie

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

 

Delie

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

 

Zillie

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

 

Mimmie

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

 

Gypsie

“a wanderer; a nomad”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

 

Minie

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

 

Malvie

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

 

Ladie

“one who kneads bread; the head of the house”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Dillie’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Dillie

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