Girls' name · since 1989
Taila
Taila has 289 recorded births since 1989 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1995 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,255 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,330 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 289
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
Taila currently ranks #12330 among girls' names in America, with 289 babies recorded since 1989.
Social Security Administration records show Taila recorded 289 times among girls since 1989, holding rank #12330 nationally today, ahead of 29% of girls, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2025.
- #16,255 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,330 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 289 born since 1989
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Taila ranks #16,255 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,330 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 289 born since 1989, peaking in the 1990s.
- #16,255 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,330 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 289
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
Taila's 289 recorded births place it above 77.52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Taila compares
289 44th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Taila's all-time total is 23% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Taila | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 289 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Taila's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Taila's SSA record in two at 2005 and the more recent half accounts for 45% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 55%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2011, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1995 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Taila popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2025
- Peak year (1995)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Taila by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (99 births, 34% of the file).
1990s was Taila's strongest decade.
99 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Taila births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 9
1980s
9 births
- 1990s
1990s
99 births
- 2000s
2000s
94 births
- 2010s
2010s
60 births
- 2020s 27
2020s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 99 births (34% of all-time use).
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What to do with Taila's data
- Taila's decade-level peak was the 1990s (99 total births); usage has since declined to 27 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Taila: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1995)
Similar record span (~36 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1989–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Taila draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.