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

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Peak · boys
#813
1963 · 87 births
Debut · boys
1937
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,265
since 1937

Tal over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201964peak #4,121, 1989peak #813, 1963girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
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2025#14,9425#7,19411
2024—#10,9386
2023—#7,28911
2022—#6,14714
2021—#7,08911
2020—#10,6056
2019#15,5395#9,7567
2018#12,4647#7,13611
2017—#6,68512
2016—#7,15711
2015—#5,50716
2014—#8,1309
2013—#7,53710
2012#14,9626#8,1589
2011#16,7645#7,50210
2010#13,4487#6,69812
2009#15,2426#5,55416
2008#9,47612#4,90119
2007#15,4916#3,89326
2006#10,61110#6,46012
2005#8,33013#4,06222
2004#12,7617#2,88735
2003#7,58014#3,18629
2002#5,44421#3,55424
2001#6,95615#3,41025
2000#8,02712#3,92220
1999#5,42419#2,79530
1998#7,10413#3,09225
1997#5,62617#2,82327
1996#6,39214#2,74727
1995#8,7669#3,69317
1994#4,84520#3,10922
1993#4,99819#2,45530
1992#5,05119#2,53228
1991#4,49722#2,22732
1990#4,52321#3,16619
1989#4,12123#2,15432
1988#5,06516#2,68221
1987#4,47418#2,72519
1986#4,72416#2,09627
1985#6,03111#3,40113
1984#7,3988#2,43720
1983#6,7059#2,34121
1982#6,8889#2,97215
1981#7,4098#2,89815
1980#6,31910#2,44420
1979#6,6969#3,01814
1978#8,5626#2,79915
1977#6,3409#2,91014
1976—#2,82614
1975#5,9849#2,90213
1974#5,01111#2,94612
1973#7,4356#2,71613
1972#5,9598#2,99111
1971#6,0068#2,36616
1970—#2,39915
1969#6,6176#2,30814
1968#5,6427#3,6736
1967#6,8045#2,7609
1966#6,5645#1,81418
1965—#1,45628
1964—#1,09648
1963#5,2967#81387
1962—#2,36412
1961—#3,3567
1960—#2,53511
1959—#3,2907
1958—#3,5596
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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 1964

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Tal, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Tal, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Tal, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Tal, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Tal, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Tal, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Tal, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Tal, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Tal, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Tal, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Tal, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Tal, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Tal, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Tal, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Tal, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Tal, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Tal, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Tal, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Tal, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Tal, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Tal, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Tal, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #623 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 21,441 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Tal, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Tal, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,061 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 36,700 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Tal, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Tal, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Tal, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Tal, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Tal, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Tal, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Tal, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Tal, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Tal, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Tal, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Tal, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Tal, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Tal, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Tal, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Tal, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Tal, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Tal, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Tal, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Tal, so not publishedLAMississippi: #420 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,034 boysMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Tal, so not publishedALGeorgia: #561 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 9,537 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Tal, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Tal, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Tal, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Mississippi#420 · 1 in 5,034
  2. Georgia#561 · 1 in 9,537
  3. Pennsylvania#623 · 1 in 21,441
  4. California#1,061 · 1 in 36,700

Best ever in a state: #420 in Mississippi, 1964.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#42051 in 5,034
Georgia#56151 in 9,537
Pennsylvania#62351 in 21,441
California#1,06151 in 36,700
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Tal
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 3,744 spots since 2024 (#10,938 → #7,194)
  • 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 (#2,364 → #813)
  • Biggest drop: 283 spots in 1964 (#813 → #1,096)
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
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s5#3,518 (1937)#3,518
1940s5#3,525 (1946)#3,525
1950s24#3,290 (1959)#3,547
1960s240#813 (1963)#2,218
1970s137#2,366 (1971)#2,787
1980s203#2,096 (1986)#2,615
1990s257#2,227 (1991)#2,864
2000s228#2,887 (2004)#4,183
2010s107#5,507 (2015)#7,427
2020s59#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.

Tal in 1964

boys
#1,096
48 births · 1 in 41,515 boys

Top boys' names in 1964

  1. #1Michael82,617
  2. #2John82,508
  3. #3David75,043
  4. #4James73,026
  5. #5Robert69,980
  6. #6Mark45,261
  7. #7William44,224
  8. #8Richard40,098
  9. #9Thomas34,463
  10. #10Jeffrey30,728
  11. #1,096Tal48
More about 1964

boys

1,992,698 boys got a published name in 1964; 1 in 41,515 of them was named Tal, which outranked 76.1% of the 4,594 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tal
  1. #1,082Unknown49
  2. #1,082Warner49
  3. #1,082Windell49
  4. #1,096Tal48
  5. #1,096Ali48
  6. #1,096Burl48
  7. #1,096Claudio48
  8. #1,114Alain47
  9. #1,114Arne47
  10. #1,114Arron47

Tied with 17 names at #1,096; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. ↑ 864Deron#1,548 → #684
  2. ↑ 653Cassius#1,513 → #860
  3. ↑ 392Kipp#1,215 → #823
  4. ↑ 363Fitzgerald#1,052 → #689
  5. ↑ 334Adrain#1,279 → #945
Fallers
  1. ↓ 286Farrell#886 → #1,172
  2. ↓ 283Tal#813 → #1,096
  3. ↓ 278Laura#921 → #1,199
  4. ↓ 272Pamela#947 → #1,219
  5. ↓ 270Huey#891 → #1,161

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1964 →