girls' name ★ peaked 2023

Talia

Gender Girl Rank 2025 #265 Trend ↑ Rising 27%

Talia is a Modern Hebrew feminine given name, as well as a variant spelling of Thalia and a short form of Natalia.

Rank 2025
#265
among girls · ↑5 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
1,180
named Talia · +1% vs 2024
How common
1 in 1,362
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2023
1,183 babies
All-time total
34,159
#763 all-time among girls
First recorded
1960
in Social Security records

Talia popularity over time

34,159 babies have been named Talia since 1960, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020GirlsBoys
GirlsBoys

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – – – –
1890s – – – – – –
1900s – – – – – –
1910s – – – – – –
1920s – – – – – –
1930s – – – – – –
1940s – – – – – –
1950s – – – – – –
1960s 53 – 53 5 – #3,605
1970s 940 – 940 94 +1674% #624
1980s 3,146 – 3,146 315 +235% #548
1990s 5,533 5 5,538 554 +76% #376
2000s 8,517 – 8,517 852 +54% #334
2010s 9,409 – 9,409 941 +10% #285
2020s (to 2025) 6,556 – 6,556 1,093 +16% #264

Where Talia is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 1,223 0.76 #251
2027 1,261 0.78 #247
2028 1,293 0.80 #241
2029 1,322 0.82 #235
2030 1,347 0.84 #227

Where Talia is most popular

Girls named Talia per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.694 per 1,000. Strongest in Hawaii, District of Columbia, and Connecticut.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Talia born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
Hawaii 26 2.27 +227%
District of Columbia 20 1.69 +143%
Connecticut 82 1.41 +103%
New York 558 1.41 +103%
New Jersey 246 1.36 +96%
Maryland 138 1.30 +88%
Massachusetts 142 1.17 +69%
Michigan 202 1.11 +60%
Illinois 250 1.09 +57%
Rhode Island 13 1.04 +50%
Virginia 171 1.00 +44%
Nevada 46 0.990 +43%
Pennsylvania 230 0.973 +40%
Wisconsin 100 0.971 +40%
Colorado 99 0.887 +28%
Oregon 56 0.860 +24%
Florida 357 0.834 +20%
California 692 0.823 +19%
Kansas 47 0.815 +17%
Arizona 113 0.805 +16%
Minnesota 85 0.788 +13%
Utah 65 0.781 +12%
Washington 112 0.775 +12%
Ohio 183 0.771 +11%
North Dakota 10 0.761 +10%
Idaho 25 0.747 +8%
Missouri 89 0.738 +6%
Nebraska 26 0.723 ≈ national
North Carolina 159 0.698 ≈ national
Iowa 40 0.685 ≈ national
Alabama 63 0.671 ≈ national
Louisiana 55 0.628 -9%
South Carolina 55 0.612 -12%
Georgia 135 0.594 -14%
Texas 477 0.593 -15%
Kentucky 49 0.573 -17%
Indiana 77 0.548 -21%
Oklahoma 40 0.544 -22%
New Mexico 13 0.535 -23%
Tennessee 84 0.530 -24%
Arkansas 26 0.492 -29%
Maine 6 0.388 -44%
Mississippi 18 0.385 -45%
South Dakota 5 0.350 -50%
West Virginia 5 0.191 -73%
Alaska – – –
Delaware – – –
Montana – – –
New Hampshire – – –
Vermont – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Talia

Talia is moderately common for girls in the United States, ranked #265 in 2025 with 1,180 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.

Since 1960, 34,159 American babies have been named Talia. Its peak came in 2023, when 1,183 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2020s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Talia stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Talia?

The median living Talia is about 17 years old; half are between 7 and 27. An estimated 34 thousand people named Talia are alive in the United States today.

median 17 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Talia year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 1,180 #265 – –
2024 1,163 #270 – –
2023 1,183 #264 – –
2022 1,054 #303 – –
2021 1,053 #302 – –
2020 923 #337 – –
2019 970 #332 – –
2018 983 #332 – –
2017 1,043 #313 – –
2016 1,062 #307 – –
2015 1,122 #285 – –
2014 1,017 #329 – –
2013 909 #351 – –
2012 802 #388 – –
2011 735 #427 – –
2010 766 #412 – –
2009 880 #367 – –
2008 834 #386 – –
2007 839 #392 – –
2006 895 #362 – –
2005 888 #354 – –
2004 955 #334 – –
2003 871 #355 – –
2002 810 #368 – –
2001 783 #379 – –
2000 762 #378 – –
1995 519 #476 – –
1990 373 #607 – –
1985 227 #756 – –
1980 314 #591 – –
1975 66 #1,543 – –
1970 16 #3,853 – –
1965 – – – –
1960 9 #4,736 – –
1955 – – – –
1950 – – – –
1945 – – – –
1940 – – – –
1935 – – – –
1930 – – – –
1925 – – – –
1920 – – – –
1915 – – – –
1910 – – – –
1905 – – – –
1900 – – – –
1895 – – – –
1890 – – – –
1885 – – – –
1880 – – – –

Famous people named Talia

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Talia Shire Talia Shire American actress (born 1946) Contemporary
  2. 2 Talia Balsam American actress (born 1959) Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Talia, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Talia?

The median living Talia is about 17 years old. Half of all living Talias are between 7 and 27 years old.

How many people named Talia are alive today?

An estimated 34 thousand people named Talia are alive in the United States, based on 34,159 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Talia mean?

Talia is a Modern Hebrew feminine given name, as well as a variant spelling of Thalia and a short form of Natalia.

How popular is the name Talia in 2025?

Talia ranked #265 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 1,180 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Talia?

34,159 babies have been named Talia in the United States since 1960, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Talia most popular?

Talia peaked in 2023, when 1,183 newborns received the name.

Is Talia a boy or girl name?

Talia is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Talia rising or falling?

Talia is on the rise, noticeably more popular now than a decade ago.

Will Talia become more popular?

Talia is trending upward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 1,347 girls named Talia in 2030, which would rank around #227. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Talia?

Well-known people named Talia include Talia Shire (actor), Talia Balsam (actor).

Names like Talia

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