Unisex name · since 1992
Talis
Talis has 99 recorded births since 1992 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,489 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,625 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 99
- born since 1992
- 2000s
- peak decade
Talis currently ranks #12625 among unisex names in America, with 99 babies recorded since 1992.
Social Security Administration records show Talis recorded 99 times among boys since 1992, holding rank #12625 nationally today, ahead of 9% of boys, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1992 to 2025.
- #17,489 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,625 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 99 born since 1992
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Talis ranks #17,489 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,625 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 99 born since 1992, peaking in the 2000s.
- #17,489 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,625 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 99
- born since 1992
- 2000s
- peak decade
Talis's 99 recorded births place it above 61.52% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Talis compares
99 26th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Talis's all-time total is 73% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Talis | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 99 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 34 | 22,252 |
Talis's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Talis splits its recorded history at 2009: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1992 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2009 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Talis popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Talis popularity over time - girls
16 total births recorded since 2009 (Talis as girls' name)
Talis by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (38 births, 38% of the file).
2000s was Talis's strongest decade.
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Talis births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
16 births
- 2000s
2000s
38 births
- 2010s
2010s
27 births
- 2020s
2020s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 38 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Talis's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (38 total births) through the 2020s (18) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Talis: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~33 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, 1992–2025 (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 Talis 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.