Talen
- Last seen for girls in 2014 at #13,069
- #4,539 for boys in 2025, 22 births
- Given to boys 97.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2006 · 216 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,982since 1982
Talen over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Talen has never cracked the top 900 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #4,539 | 22 | |
| 2024 | — | #3,455 | 33 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,566 | 32 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,533 | 32 | |
| 2021 | — | #3,121 | 38 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,202 | 35 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,491 | 53 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,848 | 42 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,678 | 29 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,885 | 41 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,276 | 58 | |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 | #2,017 | 70 |
| 2013 | — | #1,794 | 80 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,637 | 94 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,635 | 93 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,399 | 119 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,433 | 117 | |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 | #1,276 | 136 |
| 2007 | — | #990 | 197 | |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 | #901 | 216 |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | #1,691 | 79 |
| 2004 | — | #2,843 | 36 | |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | #3,044 | 31 |
| 2002 | — | #3,095 | 29 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,346 | 42 | |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | #3,150 | 27 |
| 1999 | — | #2,939 | 28 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,849 | 18 | |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 | #3,261 | 22 |
| 1996 | — | #4,396 | 14 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,854 | 16 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,030 | 23 | |
| 1993 | — | #4,227 | 14 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,604 | 17 | |
| 1991 | — | #5,096 | 10 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,673 | 11 | |
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| 1988 | — | #5,751 | 7 | |
| 1987 | — | #6,089 | 6 | |
| 1986 | — | #6,721 | 5 | |
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| 1983 | — | #6,238 | 5 | |
| 1982 | — | #6,385 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1982
The first year at least five boys were named Talen! It came in at #6,385, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1982–1986, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Talen is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Talen in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Talen
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 1,337 spots since 2020 (#3,202 → #4,539)
- Biggest jump: 790 spots in 2006
- Biggest drop: 286 spots in 2008
Rise & fade · boys
24 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1982
- Peaked 2006 at #901 (216 births)
- Births halved by 2011, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 2006–2007
Share of babies · boys
1 in 9,515
- Highest: 1 in 9,515 boys born in 2006 were named Talen (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 77,640 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 45.9% of all boys named Talen (910) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 28 | #5,751 (1988) | #6,237 |
| 1990s | 173 | #2,939 (1999) | #3,893 |
| 2000s | 910 | #901 (2006) | #2,077 |
| 2010s | 679 | #1,399 (2010) | #2,266 |
| 2020s | 192 | #3,121 (2021) | #3,569 |
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.
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