Tal
A unisex name of Hebrew origin, meaning dew.
Babies a year
12
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Tal by the numbers
Tal was given to 12 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 86 babies in 1963, so it is a 1960s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Tal. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean water
Like Tal, each of these has water in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Mayaillusion; mother; water1,259 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maxwellgreat spring; place name3,118 in the US (2017)
- Riverflowing water; nature name3,114 in the US (2017)
- Brooksof the small stream1,938 in the US (2017)
- Beckettbee keeper or stream; a surname used as a given name1,763 in the US (2017)
- Brookesmall stream1,616 in the US (2017)