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Tal

#7,619 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Dew

Tal has been given to 1,813 babies in the U.S. since 1937. In 2025 it ranked #7,619 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1963, with 87 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 70% boys, 30% girls all-time.

Babies named Tal, 2025

1 in 301,000

Tal over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Tal over time

In 2025, Tal went to 31% girls and 69% boys.

19372025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Tal: meaning, origin, and history

Dew

Hebrew

What Tal means

Tal means “dew”, associated with tal.

Origin, language, and formation

Tal is used in English. Its origins include Hebrew.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,265 boys were recorded with the name Tal between 1937 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 87 in 1963; its best national rank was #815 in 1963.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #11,854 in 2020 to #7,619 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #5,711 in 2015 to #7,619 in 2025.

In the United States, 548 girls were recorded with the name Tal between 1963 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 23 in 1989; its best national rank was #4,227 in 1989.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Tal?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 301,000
11 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 155,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#7,619
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
208,901 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Tal sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 208,901 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Tal. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Tals were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Tal was born before 1990 — so the typical Tal is around 35 today.

Median birth year
1990
About 35 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
20.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
29.6%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
1,255
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Choose a decade

1990s — 20.3% of all recorded uses (257).

Is Tal rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+4,558
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+4,235
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,908
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.69×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
12.6%
Peak was 1963 (87)
Years since peak
62
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
35.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#815
1963

Where Tal is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Tal was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 222,315 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2New York1 in 100,000
  3. 3Georgia1 in —
  4. 4Illinois1 in —
  5. 5Louisiana1 in —
  6. 6Mississippi1 in —
  7. 7New Jersey1 in —
  8. 8Pennsylvania1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Tal has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Tal is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Tal was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 233,737 across all states with data. It was least common in New Jersey (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New York1 in 100,000
  2. 2California1 in —
  3. 3New Jersey1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Tal has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Tal around the world

Where Tal ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2022
    #4,790
    in 2022
  • France
    1993–2025
    #6,723
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1992–2024
    #3,231
    in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Tal by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#7,619
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 4,235
Best rank ever
#815
1963
Peak year
1963
87 that year
First recorded
1937
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,265
Count in 2025
11

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#17,005
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#4,227
1989
Peak year
1989
23 that year
First recorded
1963
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
548
Count in 2025
5

Names similar to Tal

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Tal

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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