Tala

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Tala: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Tala: Recorded since 1996, it reached #629 in 2018, and it stood at #885 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#629highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2350
1997	#3174
1999	#3900
2001	#1870
2002	#2301
2003	#1552
2004	#1252
2005	#2084
2006	#1748
2007	#2233
2008	#2150
2009	#1526
2010	#1815
2011	#1903
2012	#1525
2013	#2062
2014	#986
2015	#1452
2016	#1327
2017	#1258
2018	#1272
2019	#897
2020	#821
2021	#1007
2022	#1142
2023	#774
2024	#751

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 27 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #736 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #751 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2350 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2018–2025
Highest recorded position: #629 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2018 (recorded 2018–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #885 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Tala appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 27 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 564 births with the name.

Tala across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Tala's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#2350 (1996)	#751 (2024)	#751 (2024)	27 of 29	564 (1996–2024)	50 (2024)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#629 (2018)	#629 (2018)	#885 (2025)	3 of 8	12 (2018–2025)	5 (2018)

Tala by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Tala in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	13	3 of 10	4
2000s	109	9 of 10	12
2010s	239	10 of 10	24
2020sbusiest	203	5 of 10	41

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 41 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Tala appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #629 in Republic of Ireland in 2018.

Tala's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#751	50	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#774	46	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1142	29	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1007	34	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#821	44	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#897	40	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1272	26	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1258	27	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1327	25	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1452	22	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#986	37	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2062	13	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1525	20	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1903	14	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1815	15	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1526	18	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2150	11	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2233	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1748	13	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2084	10	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1252	18	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1552	13	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2301	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1870	9	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2350	6	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#885	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#736	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#629	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #629, first reached in 2018.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 50 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2018, and 22 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Abdurahman · #629, 29y
Abid · #629, 29y
Christabel · #629, 29y
Habib · #629, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Abdurahman · #629, 29y
Abid · #629, 29y
Austen · #629, 29y
Brandyn · #629, 11y

Tala was ranked #629 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2018. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Tala and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Tala without appearing here.

Tala moved ahead of

Belinda Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2062 and #2062 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #986 and #4684.
Josefine Compare
In 2002 they stood at #3900 and #3225 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #1552 and #4373.
Pauline Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2150 and #1718 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #1526 and #3936.
Yvonne Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2062 and #1774 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #986 and #3160.

Moved ahead of Tala

Audrey Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2350 and #2683 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #3174 and #1666.
Ada Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1252 and #1617 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #2084 and #951.
Aria Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1252 and #1715 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #2084 and #1295.
Harper Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1748 and #2137 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #2233 and #1573.

Moved the opposite way to Tala

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Tala went from #2350 to #751 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Tala went from #2350 to #751 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Tala went from #2350 to #751 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Tala went from #2350 to #751 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Tala

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Tala went from #2350 to #751 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Tala went from #2350 to #751 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Tala went from #2350 to #751 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Tala went from #2350 to #751 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #629 in Republic of Ireland in 2018. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Tala

Tala at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Tala across 2 official records

Tala by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Tala appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Tala at a glance

Tala across 2 official records

Tala by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Tala appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Tala

Tala and the names beside it

Tala moved ahead of

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