Girls' name · since 1967
Taletha
242 babies named Taletha in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,912 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 242
- born since 1967
- 1970s
- peak decade
242 girls have been named Taletha since 1967, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Taletha has been recorded 242 times among girls since 1967, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1967 to 1994.
- #17,912 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 242 born since 1967
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Taletha ranks #17,912 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 242 born since 1967, peaking in the 1970s.
- #17,912 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 242
- born since 1967
- 1970s
- peak decade
Taletha's 242 recorded births place it above 75.23% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Taletha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Taletha's SSA record in two at 1981 and the more recent half accounts for 38% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 62%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1983, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1980 peak of 22, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Taletha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–1994
- Peak year (1980)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Taletha by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (118 births, 49% of the file).
1970s was Taletha's strongest decade.
118 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Taletha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 9
1960s
9 births
- 1970s
1970s
118 births
- 1980s
1980s
89 births
- 1990s 26
1990s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 118 births (49% of all-time use).
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- Taletha's decade-level peak was the 1970s (118 total births); usage has since declined to 26 in the 1990s -- 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 Taletha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1980)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1967–1994 (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 Taletha 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.