Talia
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About Talia
Talia is derived from the Hebrew elements tal, meaning "dew," and yah, in reference to God. In the mythology of one ancient sect, Talia was one of ten angels who attended the sun on its daily course. The occasionally homophonous name Thalia has unrelated Greek origins.
In tandem with the longer-form Natalia, this pretty Russian-flavored girls’ name has been rising in the popularity charts in the US.
A prominent bearer is Talia Shire, doomed to go down in cinema history as Rocky's mousy girlfriend Adrienne, along with actress Talia Balsam, aka the former Mrs. George Clooney. Most recently, Talia was attributed to YouTube star Talia Joy Castellano, a young girl battling cancer who passed away at age 13.
Talia is also an Australian Aboriginal name meaning "near water".
As of October 2026, Talia ranked #265 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #264 in 2023, Nameberry popularity #147.
Editor's take: The name Talia is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "gentle dew from heaven; by the water".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #329 | 1,017 | 569.3 |
| 2015 | #285 | 1,122 | 628.5 |
| 2016 | #307 | 1,062 | 599.3 |
| 2017 | #313 | 1,043 | 604.1 |
| 2018 | #332 | 983 | 577.9 |
| 2019 | #332 | 969 | 577.3 |
| 2020 | #337 | 923 | 571 |
| 2021 | #303 | 1,052 | 641.1 |
| 2022 | #304 | 1,052 | 641.4 |
| 2023 | #264 | 1,183 | 737.3 |
| 2024 | #270 | 1,161 | 716.6 |
| 2025 | #265 | 1,180 | 734.2 |
World rankings
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Talia on lists
Famous Talias
- Talia Balsam
American actress
- Talia Rose Shire
American actress
- Talia Joy Castellano
American YouTube beauty guru and leukemia patient
- Talia Madison aka Velvet Sky
American pro wrestler
- Talia Elizabeth Jones (b. 1968)
daughter of singer Davy Jones of The Monkees
- Talia Caldwell (b. 1991)
American basketball player; daughter of NFL player Ravin Caldwell and actress Teal Marchande
- Talia Chiarelli (b. 1995)
Canadian gymnast; daughter of ice hockey player/manager Peter Chiarelli
- Talia Whitmey (b. 2003)
daughter of actors Abigail Thaw and Nigel Whitmey
- Talia Serafina Fiore (b. 2012)
daughter of actress Erica Cerra and Raffaele Fiore
- Tahliah Debrett Barnett aka FKA Twigs
English pop singer
Talia in pop culture
- Talia al Ghul
character in the Batman series
- "Talia
" song by King Princess
- Talia "Tali" David
character on TV's "NCIS"
- Talia Sandoval
Mendoza, character on TV's "Pretty Little Liars"
- Talia Hale
character on TV's "Teen Wolf"
- Talia Sahid
character on TV soap "One Life to Live"
- Talia
character in the 2019 film "Hustlers"
- Talia
princess in the legend that inspired the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale
- Talia
character in "Fred the Movie 2: Night of the Living Fred"
- Talia Gladys
character in anime "Mobile Suit Gundam SEED"
- Talia Winters
character on TV's "Babylon 5"
- Queen Talia
a character from the video game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
- Talia
character in "Arrows of the Queen" by Mercedes Lackey
- Talia
ghost in the manga series "Brody's Ghost" by Mark Crilley
- Talia Parra
main character on TV's "Talia in the Kitchen"
- Talia Forrester
character in the video game Telltale's Game of Thrones
- Princess Talia
character in animated series "Lolirock", oldest band member and princess of Xeris
Variations & nicknames
- Tali