Given name
Talita
“a maiden; young girl”
Talita is a variant of Talitha. One Arabic interpretation is “a maiden; young girl.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Talita is a variant of Talitha. One Arabic interpretation is “a maiden; young girl.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Talita is a variant of Talitha. An origin associated with Talitha is Aramaic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Talita through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 268
- 0 boys · 268 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #9,400 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +3%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,400 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 13 in 2001. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 734 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Talita
- Talita AntunesBrazilian beach volleyball playerborn 1982
- Talita BaqlahJordanian swimmerborn 1995
- Talita Fontoura AlvesBrazilian botanist and ecologistborn 1966
- Tatá WerneckBrazilian actressborn 1983
- Talita von FürstenbergGerman-American socialite and fashion modelborn 1999
- Talita Te FlanItalian-born Ivorian swimmerborn 1995
- Talita NogueiraBrazilian mixed martial arts fighter1985–1985
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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