Girls' name · since 1892
Talitha
3,521 babies named Talitha in U.S. Social Security records since 1892, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #3,243 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,585 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,521
- born since 1892
- 1980s
- peak decade
3,521 babies have been named Talitha since 1892, making it today's #3585 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Talitha has been recorded 3,521 times among girls since 1892, currently ranked #3585 nationally and more common than 79% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1892 to 2025.
- #3,243 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,585 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 3,521 born since 1892
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Talitha ranks #3,243 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,585 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 3,521 born since 1892, peaking in the 1980s.
- #3,243 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,585 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,521
- born since 1892
- 1980s
- peak decade
Talitha's 3,521 recorded births place it above 95.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
17 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Talitha compares
3,521 Top 17% higher than 83% of 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
Talitha's all-time total is 9x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Talitha | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 3,521 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 90 | 21 | 19,840 |
Talitha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Talitha's full recorded timeline at 1967, 85% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 15% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1893, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1982 peak of 90 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Talitha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1892–2025
- Peak year (1982)
- 90
- Annual births at peak, across 134 years of records
Talitha by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (659 births, 19% of the file).
1980s was Talitha's strongest decade.
659 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 19% of all-time use.
Talitha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 17
1890s
17 births
- 1900s 43
1900s
43 births
- 1910s 86
1910s
86 births
- 1920s 85
1920s
85 births
- 1930s 57
1930s
57 births
- 1940s 47
1940s
47 births
- 1950s 95
1950s
95 births
- 1960s 196
1960s
196 births
- 1970s
1970s
578 births
- 1980s
1980s
659 births
- 1990s
1990s
427 births
- 2000s
2000s
442 births
- 2010s
2010s
480 births
- 2020s
2020s
309 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 659 births (19% of all-time use).
How Talitha compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Talitha's total volume
Talitha by state
Where Talitha concentrates geographically, total births since 1892
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 205 | 5.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 186 | 5.3% |
| #3 | Florida | | 50 | 1.4% |
| #4 | New York | | 39 | 1.1% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 30 | 0.9% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 22 | 0.6% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 21 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Tennessee | | 18 | 0.5% |
205 of 3,521 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 17 reporting states.
Talitha appears in 17 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Talitha's data
- Talitha's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (659 total births) through the 2020s (309) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Talithas (205 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Talitha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1982)
Similar record span (~133 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, 1892–2025 (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 Talitha 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.