Tal**
#3,329 most common boys' name of all time · #8,100 across all names · 70% male / 30% female · used 1937–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#3,329
Rank overall
#8,100 of 105,966
First appeared
1937
Years on the list
72 of 146
All-time
1,813
Since 2016
117
Peak year
1963 #815
Best rank
#815 1963
Girls
Boys
peak 94/yr
Tal first appears in 1937. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 11 | 16 | #7,276 |
| 2024 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,120 |
| 2023 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,362 |
| 2022 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,203 |
| 2021 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,165 |
| 2020 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,811 |
| 2019 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #9,915 |
| 2018 | 7 | 11 | 18 | #7,227 |
| 2017 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,768 |
| 2016 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2015 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,555 |
| 2014 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,234 |
| 2013 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,645 |
| 2012 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #8,285 |
| 2011 | 5 | 10 | 15 | #7,600 |
| 2010 | 7 | 12 | 19 | #6,763 |
| 2009 | 6 | 16 | 22 | #5,593 |
| 2008 | 12 | 19 | 31 | #4,939 |
| 2007 | 6 | 26 | 32 | #3,920 |
| 2006 | 10 | 12 | 22 | #6,550 |
| 2005 | 13 | 22 | 35 | #4,092 |
| 2004 | 7 | 35 | 42 | #2,904 |
| 2003 | 14 | 29 | 43 | #3,211 |
| 2002 | 21 | 24 | 45 | #3,581 |
| 2001 | 15 | 25 | 40 | #3,438 |
| 2000 | 12 | 20 | 32 | #3,963 |
| 1999 | 19 | 30 | 49 | #2,820 |
| 1998 | 13 | 25 | 38 | #3,123 |
| 1997 | 17 | 27 | 44 | #2,858 |
| 1996 | 14 | 27 | 41 | #2,775 |
| 1995 | 9 | 17 | 26 | #3,741 |
| 1994 | 20 | 22 | 42 | #3,143 |
| 1993 | 19 | 30 | 49 | #2,476 |
| 1992 | 19 | 28 | 47 | #2,557 |
| 1991 | 22 | 32 | 54 | #2,259 |
| 1990 | 21 | 19 | 40 | #3,221 |
| 1989 | 23 | 32 | 55 | #2,174 |
| 1988 | 16 | 21 | 37 | #2,715 |
| 1987 | 18 | 19 | 37 | #2,778 |
| 1986 | 16 | 27 | 43 | #2,132 |
| 1985 | 11 | 13 | 24 | #3,492 |
| 1984 | 8 | 20 | 28 | #2,481 |
| 1983 | 9 | 21 | 30 | #2,370 |
| 1982 | 9 | 15 | 24 | #3,027 |
| 1981 | 8 | 15 | 23 | #2,963 |
| 1980 | 10 | 20 | 30 | #2,488 |
| 1979 | 9 | 14 | 23 | #3,086 |
| 1978 | 6 | 15 | 21 | #2,874 |
| 1977 | 9 | 14 | 23 | #2,970 |
| 1976 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,889 |
| 1975 | 9 | 13 | 22 | #2,990 |
| 1974 | 11 | 12 | 23 | #3,041 |
| 1973 | 6 | 13 | 19 | #2,799 |
| 1972 | 8 | 11 | 19 | #3,091 |
| 1971 | 8 | 16 | 24 | #2,426 |
| 1970 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,473 |
| 1969 | 6 | 14 | 20 | #2,368 |
| 1968 | 7 | 6 | 13 | #3,952 |
| 1967 | 5 | 9 | 14 | #2,907 |
| 1966 | 5 | 18 | 23 | #1,877 |
| 1965 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,481 |
| 1964 | — | 48 | 48 | #1,113 |
| 1963 | 7 | 87 | 94 | #815 |
| 1962 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,479 |
| 1961 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,570 |
| 1960 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,655 |
| 1959 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,534 |
| 1958 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,861 |
| 1955 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,281 |
| 1954 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,748 |
| 1946 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,955 |
| 1937 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,016 |