Given name & surname
Tally
“morning dew from heaven”·“blooming”·“a legendary hero”
Tally is a variant of Talia. Interpretations include “morning dew from heaven” and “blooming”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts. Tally is a variant of Talli. Interpretations include “a legendary hero” and “of the morning dew”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Tally is a variant of Talia. Interpretations include “morning dew from heaven” and “blooming”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts. Tally is a variant of Talli. Interpretations include “a legendary hero” and “of the morning dew”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Tally is a variant of Talia. Talia has been associated with Hebrew and Greek naming traditions. Tally is a variant of Talli. Talli has been associated with Native American and Hebrew naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1926. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tally through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 699
- 137 boys · 562 girls
- Most popular year
- 1975
- 33 babies
- 2025
- 13
- #8,301 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 13 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,301 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 19 in 1958. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 784 as a first name in 2020; 2,025 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.
Tally’s family of names
Tally has a related form in Talia. Tally has a related form in Talli.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Tally
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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