Talitha
Feminine · “little girl”
Talitha is Aramaic for a little girl, and it comes into English from two words the gospel of Mark preserves untranslated: talitha koum, said to a child.
How old is the name Talitha?
Talitha first appears in US birth records in 1892 — 133 years ago. The typical Talitha alive today was born around 1989, making them about 36 years old. About 3,100 people named Talitha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Talitha most popular?
Talitha peaked in 1902, reaching #1024 nationally. Today it ranks #3577, 2,553 places below that high. See the whole 1902 chart.
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Where it comes from
From talitha to Talitha
The story of Talitha
Mark's gospel keeps a handful of Aramaic phrases untranslated and then explains them, and this is one — a rare direct trace of the language actually spoken. English-speaking Protestants took the word as a name after the Reformation, and it appears in English and American records from the seventeenth century onward. It was in real use in the United States around 1900 and has stayed quietly present since.
Meaning
little girl
From Aramaic talitha, a young girl or lamb; Mark's gospel records the phrase talitha koum, little girl, get up, in the original language and then translates it, which is why the word entered English at all.
How the name formed
- talitha
- Talitha
Related forms: Talitha · Talita
Pronouncing Talitha
TAL-ith-ah
Three syllables, first stressed, with the th of thin. Some families say tah-LEE-thah.
Nicknames for Talitha
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
- 1892
- Most girls named
- 198290 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1024reached in 1902
- Change vs 2023
- −30.0%42 in 2025, from 60
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.
Talitha in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Talitha in Aramaic — same name
- Talita in Spanish — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, New York.
Talithas among us
people named Talitha are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 38,268 born in 2025 was named Talitha
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Talitha 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 Talitha is headed
Talitha 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.
Talitha beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Talitha in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning and a direct trace of the Aramaic actually spoken in first-century Galilee.
- Tali and Lita are both complete short forms with their own lives.
- Genuine turn-of-the-century American use behind it.
- The stress is unsettled between the first and second syllables.
- The meaning is little girl, which fits a child better than an adult.
- Talitha, Talita and Talithia are all in use and none is dominant.
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Frequently asked
- How many Talithas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 3,100 people named Talitha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Talitha in 2025?
- Talitha ranks #3577 among US girl names in 2025, with 42 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Talitha?
- About 1 in every 38,268 US girls born in 2025 was named Talitha — 42 in all.
- Will my child share the name Talitha with classmates?
- Talitha will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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