Tal
- #14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births
- #7,194 for boys in 2025, 11 births
- Given to boys 69.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1963 · 87 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,265since 1937
Tal over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #14,942 | 5 | #7,194 | 11 |
| 2024 | — | #10,938 | 6 | |
| 2023 | — | #7,289 | 11 | |
| 2022 | — | #6,147 | 14 | |
| 2021 | — | #7,089 | 11 | |
| 2020 | — | #10,605 | 6 | |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | #9,756 | 7 |
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 | #7,136 | 11 |
| 2017 | — | #6,685 | 12 | |
| 2016 | — | #7,157 | 11 | |
| 2015 | — | #5,507 | 16 | |
| 2014 | — | #8,130 | 9 | |
| 2013 | — | #7,537 | 10 | |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 | #8,158 | 9 |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #7,502 | 10 |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 | #6,698 | 12 |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 | #5,554 | 16 |
| 2008 | #9,476 | 12 | #4,901 | 19 |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | #3,893 | 26 |
| 2006 | #10,611 | 10 | #6,460 | 12 |
| 2005 | #8,330 | 13 | #4,062 | 22 |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 | #2,887 | 35 |
| 2003 | #7,580 | 14 | #3,186 | 29 |
| 2002 | #5,444 | 21 | #3,554 | 24 |
| 2001 | #6,956 | 15 | #3,410 | 25 |
| 2000 | #8,027 | 12 | #3,922 | 20 |
| 1999 | #5,424 | 19 | #2,795 | 30 |
| 1998 | #7,104 | 13 | #3,092 | 25 |
| 1997 | #5,626 | 17 | #2,823 | 27 |
| 1996 | #6,392 | 14 | #2,747 | 27 |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 | #3,693 | 17 |
| 1994 | #4,845 | 20 | #3,109 | 22 |
| 1993 | #4,998 | 19 | #2,455 | 30 |
| 1992 | #5,051 | 19 | #2,532 | 28 |
| 1991 | #4,497 | 22 | #2,227 | 32 |
| 1990 | #4,523 | 21 | #3,166 | 19 |
| 1989 | #4,121 | 23 | #2,154 | 32 |
| 1988 | #5,065 | 16 | #2,682 | 21 |
| 1987 | #4,474 | 18 | #2,725 | 19 |
| 1986 | #4,724 | 16 | #2,096 | 27 |
| 1985 | #6,031 | 11 | #3,401 | 13 |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 | #2,437 | 20 |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 | #2,341 | 21 |
| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 | #2,972 | 15 |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 | #2,898 | 15 |
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 | #2,444 | 20 |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 | #3,018 | 14 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #2,799 | 15 |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 | #2,910 | 14 |
| 1976 | — | #2,826 | 14 | |
| 1975 | #5,984 | 9 | #2,902 | 13 |
| 1974 | #5,011 | 11 | #2,946 | 12 |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | #2,716 | 13 |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | #2,991 | 11 |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 | #2,366 | 16 |
| 1970 | — | #2,399 | 15 | |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | #2,308 | 14 |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | #2,760 | 9 |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | #1,814 | 18 |
| 1965 | — | #1,456 | 28 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,096 | 48 | |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | #813 | 87 |
| 1962 | — | #2,364 | 12 | |
| 1961 | — | #3,356 | 7 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,535 | 11 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,290 | 7 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
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| 1955 | — | #3,886 | 5 | |
| 1954 | — | #3,452 | 6 | |
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| 1946 | — | #3,525 | 5 | |
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| 1937 | — | #3,518 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1937
The first year at least five boys were named Tal! It came in at #3,518, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1937–1953, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Tal is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Tal in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Tal
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 3,411 spots since 2020 (#10,605 → #7,194)
- 1,687 spots since 2015 (#5,507 → #7,194)
- Biggest jump: 1,551 spots in 1963
- Biggest drop: 283 spots in 1964
Rise & fade · boys
26 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1937
- Peaked 1963 at #813 (87 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1963
Share of babies · boys
1 in 23,346
- Highest: 1 in 23,346 boys born in 1963 were named Tal (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 155,280 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 20.3% of all boys named Tal (257) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1991
- Mostly girls until 1990, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 5 | #3,518 (1937) | #3,518 |
| 1940s | 5 | #3,525 (1946) | #3,525 |
| 1950s | 24 | #3,290 (1959) | #3,547 |
| 1960s | 240 | #813 (1963) | #2,218 |
| 1970s | 137 | #2,366 (1971) | #2,787 |
| 1980s | 203 | #2,096 (1986) | #2,615 |
| 1990s | 257 | #2,227 (1991) | #2,864 |
| 2000s | 228 | #2,887 (2004) | #4,183 |
| 2010s | 107 | #5,507 (2015) | #7,427 |
| 2020s | 59 | #6,147 (2022) | #8,210 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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