Girls' name · since 1991

Taleya

Since 1991, U.S. Social Security records show 294 babies named Taleya, peaking in 2006. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#16,089 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#15,598 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
294
born since 1991
2000s
peak decade

Taleya currently ranks #15598 among girls' names in America, with 294 babies recorded since 1991.

Taleya has 294 recorded births among girls since 1991, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15598 as of the latest data, more common than 10% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 2025.

  • #16,089 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #15,598 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 294 born since 1991
  • 2000s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Taleya ranks #16,089 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,598 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 294 born since 1991, peaking in the 2000s.

#16,089 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#15,598 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
294
born since 1991
2000s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%9.8%
Taleya vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Taleya's 294 recorded births place it above 77.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Taleya compares

294 45th 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

Taleya's all-time total is 22% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Taleya Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 294 376 567,345
Peak-year births 17 21 19,840

Taleya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Taleya's SSA record in two at 2009 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 1996, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2006 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Taleya popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2006)
17
Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
05101520 199119982002200620102014201920242025 5

Taleya by decade

2000s is the heaviest window (127 births, 43% of the file).

2000s was Taleya's strongest decade.

127 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.

Taleya births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2000s at 127 births (43% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Taleya?
Since 1991, Social Security records show 294 babies named Taleya. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #16,089 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #15,598 of 17,297 among girls. Its busiest year on record was 2006, with 17 births.
Where does Taleya sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Taleya ranks #16,089 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,598 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Taleya most popular?
Taleya was most popular in the 2000s decade with 127 total births. The single peak year was 2006.
How long has the name Taleya been used?
The SSA has tracked Taleya since 1991 -- 35 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Taleya?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Talia, Taliyah, Tallulah, Talitha, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Taleya's data

  • Taleya's decade-level peak was the 2000s (127 total births); usage has since declined to 32 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Taleya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1991–2025 (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 Taleya 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.