Tally
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- TAL-ee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Tally is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Tally mean?
English: pet form of Natalie, Tallulah or Talia
Used as a pet form of names such as Natalie, Tallulah and Talia.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Tally a girl's or a boy's name?
Tally is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tally in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 21 girls.
Tally in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 11 | #2,061 |
| 2004 | 21 | #1,194 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
How popular is Tally in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,883among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Tally, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 1958, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1947.
2025 had more girls named Tally than any year since 1997.
Half of all the girls named Tally in the US since 1880 were born between 1972 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 86 girls in the US were given Tally or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,881, up from #7,883 for this spelling alone.
Tally in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 16 | #4,526 |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,253 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,318 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 10 | #5,957 |
| 1977 | 18 | #3,910 |
| 1976 | 15 | #4,152 |
| 1975 | 18 | #3,636 |
| 1974 | 16 | #3,862 |
| 1973 | 15 | #3,970 |
| 1972 | 16 | #3,714 |
| 1971 | 11 | #4,808 |
| 1970 | 9 | #5,412 |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,056 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,146 |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,473 |
| 1963 | 8 | #4,895 |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,532 |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,308 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,244 |
| 1958 | 19 | #2,662 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 8 | #4,466 |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,299 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,293 |
Names like Tally
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Holly Ivy Lily Daisy Molly Erin Honey Amber Riley Emily Ellie Tilly
Other spellings of Tally
Names related to Tally
More English names
Evelyn Hudson Harper Grace Violet Willow Poppy Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie Hazel Carter Harrison River
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, “Tally: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tally, updated 20 October 2026.