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Talitha

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Talitha is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 49 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
490.00% of girls
Peak year
198290 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1892
3,477people given the name
Babies named Talitha, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

3,477 girls have been named Talitha in the United States since 1892, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1982, with 90 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1987, and the 1980s alone account for 19%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Talitha
1890s17
1900s43
1910s86
1920s85
1930s57
1940s47
1950s95
1960s196
1970s578
1980s659
1990s427
2000s441
2010s479
2020s267

In 1982, its biggest year

Talitha was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1982 were Jennifer, Jessica, Amanda, Sarah and Melissa. See all of 1982.

Names that rose and fell with Talitha

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.