Talah — #12651 US girls' name
120 babies named Talah in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 28% of names given to girls today.
43% of everyone ever named Talah was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Talah in 2002 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Talah
The Social Security Administration has registered 120 babies named Talah between 1996 and 2024, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Talah currently holds the #12651 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Talah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 51 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Talah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Talah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 120 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Talah at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Talah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1996
- Peak year (2002)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
Currently ranks #12651 among girls.
120 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2002 with 10 births in a single year.
Talah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 51 births that decade — 43% of Talah's all-time total
Talah decade highlights
- Peak decade 51 births
- Runner-up 51 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Talah's strongest decade
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1996–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.