Taliah
Taliah was the 2097th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 90 babies. Its best year was 2009, when it ranked 1536th with 148 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 544 places. More babies were named Taliah in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Talia) dew (Hebrew) or bloom (Greek Thalia) · Hebrew, Greek
- Rank in 2025
- #2,097 girls, down 291 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 90girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2009148 babies
- Total since 1880
- 3,462babies recorded
What does the name Taliah mean?
Taliah is a spelling of Talia, pronounced the same way, so it shares Talia's meaning and origin.
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
Taliah popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,097 | 90 |
| 2020 | #1,806 | 110 |
| 2010 | #1,938 | 104 |
| 2000 | #2,370 | 66 |
| 1990 | #5,040 | 19 |
| 1980 | #3,494 | 24 |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Taliah, counting every spelling?
Taliah is a spelling of Talia, a name family that ranked #268 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #2,097 for Taliah 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 Taliah?
90 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Taliah (0.03 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Taliah 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 93 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Taliah.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Taliah?
About 3,400 people born in the US named Taliah are alive today, with a median age of 16; half are between 9 and 24. That makes Taliah 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.
Taliah by state
How common Taliah was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Georgia (1.7×), Florida (1.7×). In 38 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Taliah: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Taliah, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Taliah
What does Taliah mean?
Taliah is a spelling of Talia, which means “dew (Hebrew) or bloom (Greek Thalia)” (Hebrew, Greek origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Taliah?
Taliah was the 2097th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 90 babies. Its best year was 2009, when it ranked 1536th with 148 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 544 places. More babies were named Taliah in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Taliah a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Taliah in the US.
Where is Taliah most popular?
In 2021–2025, Taliah was most common in Louisiana (0.15 per 1,000 girls), followed by Georgia and Florida.