girls:
3.4k births since 1892
#2956 (48th percentile)
overall:
3.4k births since 1892
#4673 (40th percentile)
The name Talitha is the #4,673 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,426 recorded births since 1892. This represents the 39.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 39.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,956 (48.3% percentile) for all time with 3,426 births since 1892.
Talitha first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1892 (first recorded for girls in 1892). Birth data for Talitha is available in 116 out of the 132 years between 1892 and 2023. 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.
For girls, Talitha reached its peak popularity in 1978, achieving the 10.9% percentile (ranked #674) with 53 births per million. The name was most common in 1978, with 53 births per million (ranked 10.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Talitha ranks #892 for girls (5.8% percentile) with 34 births per million, which is 64.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Talitha".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Talitha. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 50.0% confident that Talitha is pronounced as tuh-LEE-thuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is tuh-LIH-thuh, at 35.0% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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