NameTides

Tala

Tala was the #1,211 girls' name in the US in 2025 (187 babies), and #834 in England & Wales and #538 in Canada.

Tala as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Tala as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaScotlandEngland & WalesIrelandUS
Tala as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,211 (187)#834 (43)#632 (4)#885 (3)#538 (56)
2024#1,326 (173)#751 (50)—#736 (4)#719 (41)
2023#1,459 (152)#774 (46)#540 (5)—#410 (72)
2022#1,548 (138)#1,142 (29)——#819 (33)
2021#1,460 (147)#1,007 (34)——#533 (55)
2020#1,533 (138)#821 (44)#765 (3)—#901 (30)
2019#1,392 (161)#897 (40)——#486 (66)
2018#1,623 (131)#1,272 (26)#583 (5)#629 (5)#655 (45)
2017#1,392 (165)#1,258 (27)——#759 (37)
2016#1,644 (132)#1,327 (25)——#1,043 (25)
2015#1,778 (117)#1,452 (22)——#685 (42)
2014#1,583 (136)#986 (37)——#665 (45)
2013#1,576 (136)#2,062 (13)——#888 (30)
2012#1,875 (107)#1,525 (20)——#966 (27)
2011#2,026 (96)#1,903 (14)——#894 (29)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #1,211.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1953.

How common is it?

about 1 in 8,600 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 8,600uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 4,500uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 7,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,700uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Tala is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 8,200 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 7,200 to 1 in 9,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Tala by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #915WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #619ILMichigan: #589MINew York: #1,654NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,271OHPennsylvania: #1,392PANew Jersey: #1,036NJConnecticut: #540CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #716CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #926MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,180VAMaryland: #600MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,437NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,038TXFlorida: #2,151FL
Tala (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#56422

Tala (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
TalaCanadaGirls#53856
TalaEngland & WalesGirls#83443
TalaIrelandGirls#8853
TalaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
TalaScotlandGirls#6324
TalaUSGirls#1,211187