Talal
Masculine · “fine rain”
Talal is rain, and a particular kind: tall is the fine drizzle that settles rather than falls, the mist that leaves grass wet in a dry country. In a language shaped by desert, a word for gentle moisture carries more warmth than it would in English.
How old is the name Talal?
Talal first appears in US birth records in 1971 — 54 years ago. The typical Talal alive today was born around 2008, making them about 17 years old. About 700 people named Talal are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Talal most popular?
Talal peaked in 2014, reaching #3371 nationally. Today it ranks #5045, 1,674 places below that high. See the whole 2014 chart.
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Where it comes from
From tall to Talal
The story of Talal
Arabic naming draws heavily on weather and water, and the vocabulary is unusually rich in that direction: separate words for drizzle, for the first rain of the season, for the clouds that promise it. Talal is among the names built from it, given across the Gulf, the Levant and North Africa, and carried by members of several royal houses in the twentieth century. It came to American records with Arab families, and it transliterates cleanly.
Meaning
fine rain; dew
Arabic talal, from tall, a light rain or dew. The sense extends to something pleasant and refreshing, which is how the name is generally understood.
How the name formed
- tall
- Talal
Related forms: طلال · Talal
Pronouncing Talal
tah-LAL
Two syllables with the stress at the end, both vowels open. English speakers manage it easily.
Nicknames for Talal
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1971
- Most boys named
- 201432 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3371reached in 2014
- Change vs 2024
- −26.9%19 in 2025, from 26
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Talal in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- طلال in Arabic — transliteration
- Talal in Turkish — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas.
Talals among us
people named Talal are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 89,899 born in 2025 was named Talal
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Arrington test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Talal's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Arrington climbed just as high around 1971, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Arrington's path sketches the road Talal is walking now.
Talal sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Talal beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Talal in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The meaning is a single sensory image and an unusually gentle one.
- Five letters and two syllables make it quick to write in any language.
- It transliterates cleanly, so the spelling is stable.
- English speakers may stress the first syllable, which changes the rhythm.
- Talal and Talat are close enough to be confused in writing.
- Outside Arab communities the name is unfamiliar and gets spelled out.
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Frequently asked
- How many Talals are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Talal are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Talal in 2025?
- Talal ranks #5045 among US boy names in 2025, with 19 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Talal?
- About 1 in every 89,899 US boys born in 2025 was named Talal — 19 in all.
- Will my child share the name Talal with classmates?
- Talal will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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