Talan

Last seen for girls in 2014 at #16,513 · #3,379 for boys in 2025, 34 births
Given to boys 98.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
#309
2006 · 1,060 births
Debut · boys
1985
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,982
since 1985

Talan over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Talan has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202018peak #309, 2006boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#3,37934
2024—#3,10439
2023—#2,95242
2022—#3,27836
2021—#3,02140
2020—#2,68946
2019—#2,58250
2018—#2,50751
2017—#2,09166
2016—#1,72490
2015—#1,89577
2014#16,5135#1,526105
2013—#1,277136
2012—#1,207148
2011—#1,244139
2010—#976202
2009#15,2426#825266
2008—#725319
2007#11,6309#566455
2006#6,12521#3091,060
2005#10,12810#542446
2004—#4,26420
2003—#6,71510
2002—#6,52210
2001—#5,66712
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1999—#7,8747
1998—#4,65014
1997—#8,1106
1996—#4,87812
1995—#7,7926
1994—#6,9687
1993—#8,7005
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1985—#5,1477
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First appearance
1985

The first year at least five boys were named Talan! It came in at #5,147, and was given to 7 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1987, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Talan is popular in 2018

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Talan, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Talan, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Talan, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Talan, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Talan, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Talan, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Talan, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Talan, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Talan, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,180 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 9,945 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Talan, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Talan, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Talan, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Talan, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Talan, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Talan, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Talan, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Talan, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Talan, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Talan, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Talan, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Talan, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Talan, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Talan, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Talan, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Talan, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Talan, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Talan, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Talan, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Talan, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Talan, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Talan, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Talan, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Talan, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Talan, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Talan, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Talan, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Talan, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Talan, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Talan, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #1,139 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 10,032 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Talan, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Talan, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Talan, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Talan, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Talan, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Talan, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Talan, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Talan, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Talan, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Talan, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. North Carolina#1,139 · 1 in 10,032
  2. Illinois#1,180 · 1 in 9,945

Best ever in a state: #92 in South Dakota, 2006.

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North Carolina#1,13951 in 10,032
Illinois#1,18061 in 9,945
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See more about Talan
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 275 spots since 2024 (#3,104 → #3,379)
  • 690 spots since 2020 (#2,689 → #3,379)
  • 1,484 spots since 2015 (#1,895 → #3,379)
  • Biggest jump: 3,722 spots in 2005 (#4,264 → #542)
  • Biggest drop: 268 spots in 2011 (#976 → #1,244)
Rise & fade · boys
21 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1985
  • Peaked 2006 at #309 (1,060 births)
  • Births halved by 2007, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 6 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 2005–2010
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,939
  • Highest: 1 in 1,939 boys born in 2006 were named Talan (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 50,238 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 65.2% of all boys named Talan (2,598) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s20#5,147 (1985)#5,635
1990s63#4,650 (1998)#7,030
2000s2,598#309 (2006)#2,904
2010s1,064#976 (2010)#1,703
2020s237#2,689 (2020)#3,071

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Talan in 2018

boys
#2,507
51 births · 1 in 35,611 boys

Top boys' names in 2018

  1. #1Liam19,977
  2. #2Noah18,441
  3. #3William14,646
  4. #4James13,650
  5. #5Oliver13,500
  6. #6Benjamin13,488
  7. #7Elijah13,020
  8. #8Lucas12,665
  9. #9Mason12,526
  10. #10Logan12,447
  11. #2,507Talan51
More about 2018

boys

1,816,158 boys got a published name in 2018; 1 in 35,611 of them was named Talan, which outranked 82.2% of the 14,118 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Talan
  1. #2,472Williams52
  2. #2,472Wisdom52
  3. #2,472Yerik52
  4. #2,507Talan51
  5. #2,507Aasir51
  6. #2,507Aleksandr51
  7. #2,507Ayce51
  8. #2,546Aceson50
  9. #2,546Alpha50
  10. #2,546Aric50

Tied with 38 names at #2,507; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2017
Risers
  1. ↑ 594Genesis#1,575 → #981
  2. ↑ 436Baker#1,149 → #713
  3. ↑ 430Saint#1,287 → #857
  4. ↑ 319Kairo#802 → #483
  5. ↑ 307Watson#1,020 → #713
Fallers
  1. ↓ 235Aaden#893 → #1,128
  2. ↓ 224Dilan#917 → #1,141
  3. ↓ 201Craig#980 → #1,181
  4. ↓ 177Mike#951 → #1,128
  5. ↓ 172Harper#798 → #970

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2018 →