Talia
Talia was the 265th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 1,180 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 264th with 1,183 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 20 places. More babies were named Talia in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning dew (Hebrew) or bloom (Greek Thalia) · Hebrew, Greek
Say it TAHL-ee-uh /ˈtɑliə/
- Rank in 2025
- #265 girls, up 72 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 1,180girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 20231,183 babies
- Total since 1880
- 34,159babies recorded
What does the name Talia mean?
Talia has two independent sources. In Hebrew, Talya is a modern name built on tal, "dew". In English it is also a spelling of Thalia, from Greek thallein, "to bloom, flourish": the name of the Muse of comedy and one of the Graces. Yonge's 1884 index glosses Thalia "bloom". Wiktionary lists Talia only as a given name, so which source a family intends varies.
טַל (Hebrew, “dew”)θάλλειν (Ancient Greek, “to bloom”)
How sure is this? Probable. Two separate origins; neither can be assumed for a particular child.
Related names: Thalia, Talya, Tahlia.
See also: Hebrew names.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Talia', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Wiktionary, entry 'Thalia', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names, new ed. (1884), index s.v. 'Thalia' (19th-century work; used for dated usage facts only), Macmillan (public domain; Internet Archive scan)
- Dictionary.com Unabridged (based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary), with Collins English Dictionary, s.v. 'Thalia', Dictionary.com / Random House / HarperCollins
Talia popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 5 since 1997.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #265 | 1,180 |
| 2020 | #337 | 923 |
| 2010 | #412 | 766 |
| 2000 | #378 | 762 |
| 1990 | #607 | 373 |
| 1980 | #591 | 314 |
| 1970 | #3,853 | 16 |
| 1960 | #4,736 | 9 |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Talia, counting every spelling?
Talia is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #268 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #265 for Talia on its own. Together these spellings went to 1,270 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Talia | 1,180 | #265 | 5,633 |
| Taliah | 90 | #2,097 | 484 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Talia?
1,180 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Talia (0.33 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Talia born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 7 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Talia.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Talia?
About 33,700 people born in the US named Talia are alive today, with a median age of 18; half are between 8 and 28. That makes Talia mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Talia by state
How common Talia was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Hawaii (3.3×), District of Columbia (2.4×), Connecticut (2.0×), New York (2.0×), New Jersey (2.0×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in West Virginia, South Dakota, Mississippi.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Talia: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Talia, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Talia · Sibling names for Talia
Talia is also a nickname for Natalia.
Questions about the name Talia
What does Talia mean?
Talia means “dew (Hebrew) or bloom (Greek Thalia)” (Hebrew, Greek origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Talia?
Talia was the 265th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 1,180 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 264th with 1,183 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 20 places. More babies were named Talia in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Talia a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Talia in the US.
Where is Talia most popular?
In 2021–2025, Talia was most common in Hawaii (2.27 per 1,000 girls), followed by District of Columbia and Connecticut.