Given name & surname · also Hebrew
Talia
“morning dew from heaven”·“blooming”
Talia is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “morning dew from heaven” and “blooming”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “morning dew from heaven” and “blooming”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Hebrew and Greek naming traditions.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1960. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Talia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 34,159
- 5 boys · 34,154 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 1,183 babies
- 2025
- 1,180
- #265 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +13%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 1,180 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 265 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 13.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (134). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 26,072 as a first name in 2020; 488 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Talia’s family of names
Talia has a related form in Talya. Talia has a related form in Talya. Talia has a related form in Tali.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 33
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Tahliavariant
- Taliahvariant
- Talyavariant
- Talivariant
- Taleahvariant
- Taliyavariant
- Talayavariant
- Tyliavariant
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- Taleiavariant
- Tallyvariant
- Tallievariant
- Tyleahvariant
- Talleyvariant
- Talievariant
- Taleyavariant
- Taleevariant
- Tallivariant
- Talyvariant
- Taleyvariant
- Talayiavariant
- Tahleeavariant
- Tahleahvariant
- Tyleavariant
- Taleiyavariant
- Taleeavariant
- Talliavariant
- Taleavariant
- Talleevariant
- Taliathavariant
- Talıyahvariant
- Tahleiavariant
- Taleanavariant
- Talieyavariant
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Talia
- Talia ShireAmerican actress (born 1946)
- Talia BalsamAmerican TV and film actressborn 1959
- Talia RyderAmerican actressborn 2002
- Talia GibsonAustralian tennis playerborn 2004
- Talia CastellanoAmerican make-up artist and blogger1999–2013
- Taliya HabrievaRussian legal writerborn 1958
- Talia ShapiraIsraeli actress and writer1946–1992
- Talia ZuckerAustralian actressborn 1989
- Talia DellaPerutaAmerican soccer player (born 2002)
Characters named Talia: Talia al Ghul (fictional villain in Batman comics series).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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