# Tal (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/tal/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “dew” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,813 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,265 / 548 (30% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 74, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew טַל (tal, “dew”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 15 | 7,284 |
| 2002 | 21 | 5,649 |
| 2003 | 14 | 7,954 |
| 2004 | 7 | 14,032 |
| 2005 | 13 | 8,820 |
| 2006 | 10 | 11,332 |
| 2007 | 6 | 17,405 |
| 2008 | 12 | 10,016 |
| 2009 | 6 | 17,066 |
| 2010 | 7 | 14,788 |
| 2011 | 5 | 19,298 |
| 2012 | 6 | 16,639 |
| 2018 | 7 | 13,657 |
| 2019 | 5 | 17,703 |
| 2025 | 5 | 17,009 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 10 | 7,995 |
| 2012 | 9 | 8,784 |
| 2013 | 10 | 8,031 |
| 2014 | 9 | 8,712 |
| 2015 | 16 | 5,715 |
| 2016 | 11 | 7,547 |
| 2017 | 12 | 7,049 |
| 2018 | 11 | 7,557 |
| 2019 | 7 | 10,677 |
| 2020 | 6 | 11,860 |
| 2021 | 11 | 7,518 |
| 2022 | 14 | 6,438 |
| 2023 | 11 | 7,677 |
| 2024 | 6 | 12,182 |
| 2025 | 11 | 7,623 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 3 | 3,824 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4,736 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 4 | 2,419 |
| 1999 | 3 | 2,943 |
| 2000 | 5 | 2,142 |
| 2001 | 4 | 2,587 |
| 2002 | 4 | 2,636 |
| 2003 | 4 | 2,857 |
| 2004 | 3 | 3,651 |
| 2005 | 6 | 2,418 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3,095 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2010 | 7 | 2,629 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |

## People named Tal

- Tal, French singer and songwriter
- Tal Wilkenfeld, Australian musician
- Tal Farlow, American jazz guitarist (1921–1998)
- Tal Brody, American-Israeli basketball player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.