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Tala

Girls' name · Current

Living in the US
~3,500 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#1,211 among girls
Births in 2025
187 3,497 since 1880
Typical age
11 years, median

Tala popularity over time

Tala rank by birth year, 1953–2025Tala ranked #5,673 in 1953 and #1,211 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #1,211, in 2025.#10,000#1,2111960198020002020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1953–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

The high point was 2025: 187 births recorded as Tala. It first clears the SSA reporting threshold in 1953. In 2025 it ranked #1,211 with 187 births.

The ten-year change is +60%. Year on year the rank improved by 115.

Babies named Tala per yearPeaks at 187 births in 2025.187 in 202501960198020002020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Tala?

An estimated 3,500 living Americans are called Tala.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Tala?

Median age among living Talas: 11. More of them were born in the 2010s than in any other decade. By the site’s era rules that makes Tala a current name.

Your Tala

Ages of living people named TalaHalf of living Talas are older than 11 and half younger.median 110204060
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Tala is most common

The name is concentrated in Michigan, at 2.5× the national rate. Illinois, New Jersey and California follow.

Where Tala is used more than average5 states use the name Tala more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: 1.8× the national rateILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: 2.5× the national rateMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: 1.4× the national rateOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: 1.6× the national rateNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: 1.4× the national rateCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Tala is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Michigan 91 2.5×
Illinois 83 1.8×
New Jersey 55 1.6×
California 238 1.4×
Ohio 66 1.4×

Tala in England and Wales

ONS recorded 43 births named Tala in 2025, ranking it #834.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Notable people named Tala

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Tala Ashe Irani-American actress 1984 21
Tala Birell Austrian film actress 1907–1958 15
Tala Madani Iranian-American painter 1981 11
Tala Abujbara Qatari rower 1992 11
Photo credits (2)

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Tala

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

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