Taleah
Feminine
Taleah belongs to a group of American names that share a light three-syllable shape and an -eah ending, and it stands close to Talia, which has two genuinely old and unrelated origins.
How old is the name Taleah?
Taleah first appears in US birth records in 1972 — 53 years ago. The typical Taleah alive today was born around 2010, making them about 15 years old. About 2,700 people named Taleah are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Taleah most popular?
Taleah peaked in 2010, reaching #1639 nationally. Today it ranks #3389, 1,750 places below that high. See the whole 2010 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Taleah
Ours, offered as ours. Taleah sits next to two real names and takes something from the look of both. Hebrew Talia is genuinely old and has one of the better meanings any name carries — dew from God, in one reading, which is a phrase rather than a word. Leah, sitting at the end of this spelling, is older still and belongs to one of the central figures of Genesis. Neither is documented as the parent, and both are worth knowing about when the question comes up.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source is established for this spelling. Talia, its nearest neighbor, has two documented lines: Hebrew talya, a lamb or dew from God, and Italian Natalia shortened. Neither is confirmed as the source of Taleah, which may equally be built from the Ta- and -leah pieces of modern American naming.
Pronouncing Taleah
tuh-LEE-ah
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. Some families say TAY-lee-ah.
Nicknames for Taleah
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
- 1972
- Most girls named
- 2010130 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1639reached in 2010
- Change vs 2024
- −6.3%45 in 2025, from 48
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.
Taleah in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Talia in Hebrew — related form
- Leah in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Florida, Texas, California.
Taleahs among us
people named Taleah are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 35,717 born in 2025 was named Taleah
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 Brittini test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Taleah's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Brittini climbed just as high around 1989, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Brittini's path sketches the road Taleah is walking now.
Taleah 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
Where Taleah is headed
Taleah should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Taleah beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Taleah in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Leah sits inside it as a complete, very old name.
- Read correctly on sight by most English speakers.
- Open vowels make it easy to say in most languages.
- Talia, Taliah and Taleah are all in use and none is dominant.
- The first vowel is unsettled between tuh and TAY.
- There is no documented meaning for this spelling.
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Frequently asked
- How many Taleahs are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,700 people named Taleah are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Taleah in 2025?
- Taleah ranks #3389 among US girl names in 2025, with 45 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Taleah?
- About 1 in every 35,717 US girls born in 2025 was named Taleah — 45 in all.
- Will my child share the name Taleah with classmates?
- Taleah will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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