girls:
16 births since 2009
#5700 (0th percentile)
boys:
94 births since 1992
#4492 (2nd percentile)
overall:
110 births since 1992
#7629 (1st percentile)
The name Talis is the #7,629 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 110 recorded births since 1992. This represents the 1.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,492 (2.0% percentile) for all time with 94 births since 1992. For girls, it ranks #5,700 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 16 births since 2009.
Talis first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1992 (1992 for boys and 2009 for girls). Birth data for Talis is available in 14 out of the 32 years between 1992 and 2023 (14 years for boys and 3 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Talis has been given predominantly to boys, with 85.5% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 61.5% of babies named Talis were boys.
For boys, Talis reached its peak popularity in 2009, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #895) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2009, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Talis ranks #908 for boys (0.3% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 84.2% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Talis reached its peak popularity in 2009, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #958) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2009, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for girls has remained relatively stable. Currently, Talis is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #947 (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Talis".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Talis. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 44.1% confident that Talis is pronounced as TA-lihs, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is TAH-lihs, at 23.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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