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Talha

Gender
Boy
Say it
TAL-ha
Origin
Arabic
UK rank, 2025
#516 for boys
US rank, 2025
#2,797 for boys

Talha is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “acacia tree”. In 2025 it ranked 516th for boys in the UK (83 babies) and 2,797th for boys in the US (45 babies).

What does Talha mean?

Arabic

“acacia tree”

Talha ibn Ubaydullah was a companion of the Prophet Muhammad, counted among the ten promised Paradise in Sunni tradition.

Is Talha a girl's or a boy's name?

Talha is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 83 boys in the UK and 45 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Talha in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#516among boys
Babies in 2025
83about 1 in 3,600 boys
Five-year trend
Risingup 27% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 83 boys in the UK were named Talha, making it the 516th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 710th.

2025 had the most boys named Talha of any year since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the boys named Talha in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

Among boys in 2025, it was 469th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 83 in 20252025
Talha in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202583#516
202456#704
202374#577
202267#616
202156#707
202053#710
201954#699
201861#654
201752#739
201642#838
201563#627
201451#708
201359#640
201259#648
201152#695
201065#579
200966#568
200848#701
200740#765
200655#589
200551#576
200452#549
200335#686
200231#692
200132#641
200027#728
199928#683
199822#790
199716#973
199623#724

How popular is Talha in the US?

Rank in 2025
#2,797among boys
Babies in 2025
45about 1 in 38,000 boys
Five-year trend
Risingup 36% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 45 boys in the US were named Talha, making it the 2,797th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,073rd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 50 boys. It first appears in the records in 1986.

Half of all the boys named Talha in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.

1986Busiest: 50 in 20222025
Talha in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202545#2,797
202448#2,715
202338#3,175
202250#2,647
202132#3,494
202037#3,073
201927#3,896
201832#3,442
201729#3,674
201627#3,882
201531#3,512
201436#3,088
201326#3,862
201227#3,804
201122#4,354
201023#4,240
200931#3,474
200827#3,820
200731#3,442
200639#2,880
200535#2,956
200430#3,213
200338#2,616
200239#2,500
200118#4,296
200038#2,471
199927#3,027
199821#3,482
199725#2,976
199619#3,543
199517#3,687
199411#5,103
199311#4,995
199210#5,228
19917#6,511
19909#5,375
19897#6,222
19880–
19876#6,083
19867#5,327

Names like Talha

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Hamza Musa Mustafa Muhammad Taha Abdullah Ahmed Huzaifa Zayd Umar Zayan Zayaan

Names related to Talha

Talal Talhah Tal

More Arabic names

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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, “Talha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/talha, updated 20 October 2026.