Talah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- TAH-la
Talah is a girls' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Talah mean?
Spelling of Tala; several independent sources, including Arabic, Persian and Tagalog
In Philippine mythology Tala is the goddess of the stars, and in Persian the word tala means gold.
Meaning borrowed from Tala.
Is Talah a girl's or a boy's name?
Talah is a girls' name.
How popular is Talah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 10 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Talah in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Talah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
Names like Talah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hadassah Aaliyah Zaniyah Safa Farah Zainab Taliyah Naziyah Kaliyah Zaliyah Jaliyah Zaya
Names related to Talah
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Talah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/talah, updated 20 October 2026.