Talis
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TAL-iss
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Talis is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Talis mean?
English: spelling of Tallis; English surname
An English surname, best known from Thomas Tallis, the 16th-century composer of English church music.
Meaning borrowed from Tallis.
Is Talis a girl's or a boy's name?
Talis is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Talis in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Talis, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2009, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 1992.
Half of all the boys named Talis in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Talis in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
Names like Talis
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Fletcher Ellis Moses Porter August Henry Silas Otto Miller Turner Charlie Augustus
Names related to Talis
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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, “Talis: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/talis, updated 20 October 2026.