Taleesa — girls' name
22 babies named Taleesa in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
55% of everyone ever named Taleesa was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Taleesa in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Taleesa
The Social Security Administration has registered 22 babies named Taleesa between 1988 and 1990, spanning 3 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Taleesa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1990. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Taleesa performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Taleesa shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Taleesa 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 22 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.
Taleesa at a glance
Last recorded 1990Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Taleesa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–1988
- Peak year (1990)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 3 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1990.
22 total births across 3 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 10 births in a single year.
Taleesa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 12 births that decade — 55% of Taleesa's all-time total
Taleesa decade highlights
- Peak decade 12 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Taleesa's strongest decade
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% 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, 1988–1990 (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.