Talia
Meaning
dew from heaven
The story
Talia is Hebrew for dew from heaven, tal and yah joined, one of the gentlest images any name carries, and its American record is a four-rise staircase: about 940 in the 1970s, the decade a quiet actress carried the name into two of the era's defining film families, then 3,100, 5,500, 8,500, and 9,400 in the 2010s, with 6,600 so far this decade. Decade buckets point, they do not convict. It shares a sound-family with Thalia, the Greek muse road, and Natalia's clipped daughter forms, each charting separately. In our records it goes to girls about 34,200 to five. Dew is the blessing that arrives overnight without being asked: the parents who chose this name four decades running seem to have understood the etymology perfectly.
The formal names behind Talia
Talia is an established short form of this name.
Natalia · Latin origin · Christmas Day, born on Christmas; a widely loved classic
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Talia peaked in the 2000s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
Popularity in Brazil
27,074 people · the #881 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 7,519 · median age 21
Among people named Talia living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1990s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 1,535 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Talia
Most people given the name Talia in the United States are teenagers or young adults today.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Talia deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Talia truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Talia fits with your family’s names and surname.
Where Talia travels
Jewish American · a beloved modern Hebrew name
Samoan · a popular contemporary Samoan-American given name; precise etymology uncertain
Keep exploring
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