Tal
Tal is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 6 births. Its best rank was 816th, in 1963.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 60.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 196387 births
- Best rank
- #816in 1963
- Since 1937
- 1,797people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,254 boys have been named Tal in the United States since 1937, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1963, with 87 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1990, and the 1990s alone account for 20%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Tal is used for both sexes: 30% of its bearers are girls (543), most of them born around 1989.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 1963, its biggest year
Tal was the 816th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1963 were Michael, John, David, James and Robert. See all of 1963.
Names that rose and fell with Tal
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Kervinpeak 1989
- Dagobertopeak 1993
- Heribertopeak 1993
- Ricardopeak 1998
- Rolandopeak 1994
- Efrainpeak 1993
- Kendellpeak 1990
- Christophpeak 1969
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.