Talayah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- tuh-LAY-uh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,778 for girls
Talayah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “dew of God”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 2,778th for girls in the US (61 babies).
What does Talayah mean?
Hebrew: variant of Taliyah, a form of Talia
“dew of God”
Talia is usually linked to Hebrew tal 'dew'; spellings like Taliyah and Talayah are modern American variants.
Is Talayah a girl's or a boy's name?
Talayah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 61 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Talayah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 333% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Talayah, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2017, with 8 girls.
2025 had more girls named Talayah than any year since 2017.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Talayah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
How popular is Talayah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,778among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 61about 1 in 26,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 61 girls in the US were named Talayah, making it the 2,778th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,914th. It first appears in the records in 1985.
2025 had the most girls named Talayah of any year since it first appeared, in 1985.
Half of all the girls named Talayah in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 86 girls in the US were given Talayah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,881, up from #2,778 for this spelling alone.
- Talayah 61
- Talaya 25
Talayah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 61 | #2,778 |
| 2024 | 52 | #3,081 |
| 2023 | 60 | #2,823 |
| 2022 | 49 | #3,277 |
| 2021 | 58 | #2,892 |
| 2020 | 36 | #3,914 |
| 2019 | 51 | #3,129 |
| 2018 | 33 | #4,236 |
| 2017 | 42 | #3,626 |
| 2016 | 44 | #3,523 |
| 2015 | 48 | #3,346 |
| 2014 | 44 | #3,547 |
| 2013 | 39 | #3,847 |
| 2012 | 44 | #3,582 |
| 2011 | 42 | #3,658 |
| 2010 | 29 | #4,859 |
| 2009 | 41 | #3,799 |
| 2008 | 36 | #4,267 |
| 2007 | 30 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 27 | #5,085 |
| 2005 | 22 | #5,595 |
| 2004 | 49 | #3,123 |
| 2003 | 34 | #3,942 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
Nicknames for Talayah
- Tali 7 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Talayah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ayah Aaliyah Safa Nusaybah Zainab Sumayyah Ruqayyah Hafsa Taliyah Abeeha Hiba Safiya
Other spellings of Talayah
Names related to Talayah
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Talayah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/talayah, updated 20 October 2026.