Girls' name · since 1985
Talayah
Since 1985, U.S. Social Security records show 1,050 babies named Talayah, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #7,263 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,804 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,050
- born since 1985
- 2010s
- peak decade
1,050 babies have been named Talayah since 1985, making it today's #2804 girls' name.
Talayah has 1,050 recorded births among girls since 1985, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2804 as of the latest data, more common than 84% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1985 to 2025.
- #7,263 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,804 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,050 born since 1985
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Talayah ranks #7,263 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,804 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,050 born since 1985, peaking in the 2010s.
- #7,263 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,804 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,050
- born since 1985
- 2010s
- peak decade
Talayah's 1,050 recorded births place it above 89.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
12 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Florida.
How Talayah compares
1,050 Top 31% higher than 69% of 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
Talayah's all-time total is 179% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Talayah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,050 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 61 | 21 | 19,840 |
Talayah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Talayah's full recorded timeline at 2009, 74% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 26% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1985, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 61 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Talayah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 61
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Talayah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (416 births, 40% of the file).
2010s was Talayah's strongest decade.
416 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Talayah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 40
1990s
40 births
- 2000s
2000s
273 births
- 2010s
2010s
416 births
- 2020s
2020s
316 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 416 births (40% of all-time use).
How Talayah compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Talayah's total volume
Talayah by state
Where Talayah concentrates geographically, total births since 1985
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 43 | 4.1% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 20 | 1.9% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 17 | 1.6% |
| #4 | Maryland | | 16 | 1.5% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 13 | 1.2% |
| #6 | New York | | 10 | 1.0% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 10 | 1.0% |
| #8 | California | | 8 | 0.8% |
43 of 1,050 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 12 reporting states.
Talayah appears in 12 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Talayah's data
- Talayah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (416 total births) through the 2020s (316) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Florida records the most Talayahs (43 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Talayah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~40 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, 1985–2025 (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 Talayah 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.