girls:
2.9k births since 1961
#3235 (43rd percentile)
overall:
2.9k births since 1961
#5044 (35th percentile)
The name Talya is the #5,044 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,873 recorded births since 1961. This represents the 34.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 34.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,235 (43.4% percentile) for all time with 2,873 births since 1961.
Talya first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1961 (first recorded for girls in 1961). Birth data for Talya is available in 58 out of the 63 years between 1961 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, Talya reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 10.2% percentile (ranked #868) with 53 births per million. The name was most common in 2014, with 53 births per million (ranked 10.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Talya ranks #892 for girls (5.8% percentile) with 34 births per million, which is 64.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Talya".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Talya", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 38 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Talia" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Talia..
Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Talya. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 63.2% confident that Talya is pronounced as TAHL-yuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is TAL-yuh, at 18.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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