Talley

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Talley by the numbers

Talley was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 17 babies in 2000, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Talley

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Talley. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Tullypeaceful people; from tulach meaning hill11 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Tallisdwelling in the valley10 in the US (2017)
  • Tellyfar-shining; a form of Telemachus or similar9 in the US (2017)
  • Talen29 in the US (2017)
  • Tallyn7 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Talley

Names that are said the same way as Talley, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Tayleeone who cuts cloth; a modern respelling of Taylor98 in the US (2017)
  • Tayleigh21 in the US (2017)
  • Tailey10 in the US (2017)
  • Tayley7 in the US (2017)
  • Taleigh5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Talley

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