Talea
Feminine
Talea sits beside a Greek name that the Greeks used twice over — for a Muse and for one of the Graces — and the word behind it is about flourishing rather than about any particular art.
How old is the name Talea?
Talea first appears in US birth records in 1970 — 55 years ago. The typical Talea alive today was born around 2003, making them about 22 years old. About 900 people named Talea are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Talea most popular?
Talea peaked in 2004, reaching #3631 nationally. See the whole 2004 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Talea
Greek mythology is careless about reusing names, which drives later systematizers to distraction. Thalia is a Muse — the one given comedy, when the Muses were eventually assigned specialities, which happened centuries after anybody started counting them. Thalia is also one of the three Graces. The two are different figures with the same name in the same pantheon, and ancient writers do not always bother to say which they mean. Modern reference books tidy this up by assigning each a number and a portfolio, which is exactly the kind of order that the material does not have and was never intended to have.
Meaningnot established
Not established
If the Greek name is behind it, the word means blooming or flourishing. But the spelling is equally consistent with a modern build from familiar syllables, and the record does not distinguish them. No meaning transfers if the second account is right.
Pronouncing Talea
tuh-LEE-uh
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. Tah-LAY-uh is also used and the spelling does not settle it.
Nicknames for Talea
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
- 1970
- Most girls named
- 200440 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3631reached in 2004
- Change vs 2023
- +20.0%12 in 2024, from 10
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.
Talea in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Thalia in Greek — related form
- Talía in Spanish — related form
Taleas among us
people named Talea are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Talea sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It is soft, balanced and easy for a child to say.
- It shortens two ways and both short forms are real names.
- It is rare while sounding entirely familiar.
- Talia, Taleah and Thalia are all nearby and hers will be written as one of them.
- Two pronunciations are possible from the spelling.
- The Greek meaning is available only if the Greek name is the source, which is not established.
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Frequently asked
- How many Taleas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 900 people named Talea are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Talea in 2025?
- Talea is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Talea with classmates?
- Talea will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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