Girls' name · since 2017

Talilah

Since 2017, U.S. Social Security records show 30 babies named Talilah, peaking in 2021. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

30
total births
2017–2025
years on record
2020s
peak decade
83%
born in that decade

Talilah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 30 have been recorded since 2017.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Talilah has been recorded 30 times among girls since 2017, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2017 to 2025.

  • 30 total births
  • 2017–2025 years on record
  • 2020s peak decade
  • 83% born in that decade

Data updated Jul 2026

The verdict

30 girls have been named Talilah since 2017, peaking in the 2020s, last recorded in 2025.

30
total births
2017–2025
years on record
2020s
peak decade
83%
born in that decade
2020s
Peak decade

83% of everyone ever named Talilah was born in this single decade.

2021
Single peak year

7 babies were named Talilah in 2021 - its busiest year on record.

Talilah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Talilah's full recorded timeline at 2022, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2017, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Talilah at a glance

Last recorded 2025

Total births

30

Since 2017

9 years of records

Peak year

2021

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 2020s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2025

Active since

2017

Recorded for 9 years

Last year on file: 2025

Talilah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2025

Last recorded 2025
Peak year (2021)
7
Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 20172021202220232025 6

Talilah by decade

Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance

2020s was Talilah's strongest decade.

25 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 83% of all-time use.

Talilah births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 25 births (83% of all-time use).

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Talilah?
Talilah has been given to 30 babies in the U.S. since 2017, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 2025. 7 babies were born in 2021, its single highest year.
When was Talilah most popular?
Talilah was most popular in the 2020s decade with 25 total births. The single peak year was 2021.
How long has the name Talilah been used?
Talilah has been recorded in Social Security data since 2017, spanning 9 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Talilah?
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.

Data Sources

Data as of July 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, 2017–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Talilah: Baby Name Since 2017 - 30 Births, Peak 2021." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/talilah. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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 Talilah 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 July 2026.