Given name & surname
Tilak
“a great leader”
Tilak is used as a given name and a surname. One Hindi interpretation is “a great leader.”
Original Hindiतिलक
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hindi interpretation is “a great leader.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hindi.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2005. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tilak through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 99
- 99 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −23%
- Easing
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 8 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 15 in 2016. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 435 as a first name in 2020; 190 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.
Tilak’s family of names
Tilak has a related form in Tilac. Tilak has a related form in Tilack. Tilak has a related form in Tylac.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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