Talitha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- TAL-ith-a
- Origin
- Aramaic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,206 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,576 for girls
Talitha is a girls' name of Aramaic origin, meaning “little girl”. In 2025 it ranked 2,206th for girls in the UK (13 babies) and 3,576th for girls in the US (42 babies).
What does Talitha mean?
Aramaic
“little girl”
From Jesus's words talitha koum, little girl, arise, when he raises Jairus's daughter in Mark's Gospel.
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Is Talitha a girl's or a boy's name?
Talitha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the UK and 42 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Talitha in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,206th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were named Talitha, making it the 2,206th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,480th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 39 girls.
Half of all the girls named Talitha in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,137th in England and Wales.
Talitha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #2,206 |
| 2024 | 20 | #1,592 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,329 |
| 2022 | 19 | #1,667 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 22 | #1,480 |
| 2019 | 22 | #1,485 |
| 2018 | 24 | #1,420 |
| 2017 | 24 | #1,455 |
| 2016 | 22 | #1,552 |
| 2015 | 17 | #1,813 |
| 2014 | 23 | #1,452 |
| 2013 | 14 | #2,061 |
| 2012 | 16 | #1,914 |
| 2011 | 13 | #2,152 |
| 2010 | 19 | #1,635 |
| 2009 | 27 | #1,212 |
| 2008 | 39 | #908 |
| 2007 | 22 | #1,327 |
| 2006 | 32 | #975 |
| 2005 | 35 | #863 |
| 2004 | 23 | #1,112 |
| 2003 | 22 | #1,125 |
| 2002 | 24 | #1,016 |
| 2001 | 13 | #1,542 |
| 2000 | 31 | #811 |
| 1999 | 20 | #1,103 |
| 1998 | 29 | #854 |
| 1997 | 28 | #870 |
| 1996 | 22 | #988 |
How popular is Talitha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,576th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 42 about 1 in 38,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 42 girls in the US were named Talitha, making it the 3,576th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,468th. Its busiest year was 1982, with 90 girls. It first appears in the records in 1892.
Half of all the girls named Talitha in the US since 1880 were born between 1975 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Talitha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | #3,576 |
| 2024 | 49 | #3,225 |
| 2023 | 60 | #2,823 |
| 2022 | 37 | #3,961 |
| 2021 | 51 | #3,157 |
| 2020 | 70 | #2,468 |
| 2019 | 66 | #2,632 |
| 2018 | 62 | #2,743 |
| 2017 | 42 | #3,626 |
| 2016 | 45 | #3,464 |
| 2015 | 55 | #3,059 |
| 2014 | 48 | #3,324 |
| 2013 | 40 | #3,776 |
| 2012 | 39 | #3,914 |
| 2011 | 42 | #3,658 |
| 2010 | 41 | #3,744 |
| 2009 | 52 | #3,188 |
| 2008 | 42 | #3,778 |
| 2007 | 37 | #4,130 |
| 2006 | 44 | #3,563 |
| 2005 | 35 | #4,025 |
| 2004 | 37 | #3,815 |
| 2003 | 57 | #2,734 |
| 2002 | 42 | #3,279 |
| 2001 | 49 | #2,920 |
| 2000 | 47 | #2,970 |
| 1999 | 44 | #2,988 |
| 1998 | 39 | #3,170 |
| 1997 | 45 | #2,730 |
| 1996 | 38 | #3,088 |
| 1995 | 38 | #3,017 |
| 1994 | 50 | #2,498 |
| 1993 | 44 | #2,720 |
| 1992 | 39 | #2,969 |
| 1991 | 46 | #2,614 |
| 1990 | 44 | #2,635 |
| 1989 | 44 | #2,567 |
| 1988 | 52 | #2,182 |
| 1987 | 56 | #1,990 |
| 1986 | 51 | #2,078 |
| 1985 | 63 | #1,783 |
| 1984 | 60 | #1,788 |
| 1983 | 70 | #1,585 |
| 1982 | 90 | #1,363 |
| 1981 | 89 | #1,382 |
| 1980 | 84 | #1,448 |
| 1979 | 87 | #1,410 |
| 1978 | 87 | #1,358 |
| 1977 | 75 | #1,468 |
| 1976 | 59 | #1,662 |
| 1975 | 56 | #1,689 |
| 1974 | 50 | #1,772 |
| 1973 | 49 | #1,773 |
| 1972 | 45 | #1,856 |
| 1971 | 42 | #2,001 |
| 1970 | 28 | #2,577 |
| 1969 | 32 | #2,254 |
| 1968 | 18 | #3,056 |
| 1967 | 45 | #1,702 |
| 1966 | 24 | #2,452 |
| 1965 | 12 | #3,732 |
| 1964 | 21 | #2,751 |
| 1963 | 10 | #4,271 |
| 1962 | 11 | #4,010 |
| 1961 | 14 | #3,459 |
| 1960 | 9 | #4,436 |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,030 |
| 1958 | 9 | #4,192 |
| 1957 | 7 | #4,917 |
| 1956 | 11 | #3,695 |
| 1955 | 8 | #4,375 |
| 1954 | 12 | #3,324 |
| 1953 | 12 | #3,268 |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
| 1951 | 10 | #3,481 |
| 1950 | 11 | #3,234 |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,672 |
| 1948 | 7 | #4,203 |
| 1947 | 8 | #4,005 |
| 1946 | 7 | #3,993 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,195 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,557 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,861 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,780 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,845 |
| 1937 | 8 | #3,145 |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,429 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,800 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 9 | #3,045 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,844 |
| 1929 | 9 | #3,135 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,434 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,559 |
| 1926 | 9 | #3,268 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,971 |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,059 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,732 |
| 1922 | 10 | #3,150 |
| 1921 | 9 | #3,399 |
| 1920 | 10 | #3,097 |
| 1919 | 11 | #2,812 |
| 1918 | 15 | #2,288 |
| 1917 | 9 | #3,090 |
| 1916 | 13 | #2,368 |
| 1915 | 12 | #2,383 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,617 |
| 1913 | 9 | #2,163 |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,977 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,956 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,547 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,537 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 9 | #1,204 |
| 1902 | 12 | #1,024 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,560 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,582 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,437 |
| 1892 | 7 | #1,171 |
Names like Talitha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tabitha, Jessica, Francesca, Emily, Fatima, Athena, Alexandra, Lara, Elena, Olivia, Emma, Georgina
Names related to Talitha
More Aramaic names
Thomas, Tommy, Martha, Barnaby, Barney, Tomas, Tadeo, Tom, Thaddeus, Tomos, Marta, Tommie, Tomi, Saphira, Tommaso, Barnabas
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, “Talitha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/talitha, updated 20 October 2026.