Talitha
Talitha is an uncommon feminine name given in reference to the Biblical story in the Gospel of Mark in which Jesus Christ was said to have resurrected a dead child with the words "Talitha cumi" or "Talitha kum" or "Talitha koum," often translated as "Little girl, I say to you, arise!"
Meaning & Origin of Talitha
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Talitha is an uncommon feminine name given in reference to the Biblical story in the Gospel of Mark in which Jesus Christ was said to have resurrected a dead child with the words "Talitha cumi" or "Talitha kum" or "Talitha koum," often translated as "Little girl, I say to you, arise!"
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Etymology
The Story of Talitha
Talitha first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1892, with 7 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1982, when 90 Talithas were born — ranking #1,363 that year. As of 2026, Talitha ranks #3,484 for baby girls with 45 births, falling sharply (-19%). In total, more than 4K Talithas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1890s through the 2020s.
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Notable people named Talitha
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- Talitha Bateman (born 2001), American actress
- Talitha Cummins , Australian journalist
- Talitha Diggs (born 2002), American athlete
- Talitha Espiritu , Filipino author and academic known for her work on cinema during the Marcos dictatorship
- Talitha Gerlach (1896–1995), American YWCA worker who spent most of her life as a social worker in Shanghai, China
- Talitha Getty (1940–1971), Dutch actress, socialite, and model who was regarded as a style icon
- Talitha MacKenzie , Scottish-American world music recording artist, and historical dance and music teacher and performer
- Talitha Stevenson (born 1977), British author and journalist
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About the name Talitha
Talitha is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1892 and has accumulated 4K births in the dataset. Talitha's peak popularity came in 1982 when it ranked #1,024. Use the chart and map above to compare Talitha's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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