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
- 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
Rank among boys' names. Talen has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| 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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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 2008
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Iowa#449 · 1 in 2,746
- Utah#502 · 1 in 2,964
- Minnesota#714 · 1 in 5,967
- Wisconsin#726 · 1 in 5,871
- Ohio#789 · 1 in 7,159
Best ever in a state: #158 in South Dakota, 2007.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | #449 | 6 | 1 in 2,746 |
| Utah | #502 | 8 | 1 in 2,964 |
| Minnesota | #714 | 5 | 1 in 5,967 |
| Wisconsin | #726 | 5 | 1 in 5,871 |
| Ohio | #789 | 9 | 1 in 7,159 |
| Arizona | #808 | 6 | 1 in 7,234 |
| Georgia | #1,274 | 5 | 1 in 12,237 |
| California | #1,463 | 12 | 1 in 21,181 |
| Florida | #1,594 | 5 | 1 in 20,101 |
| Texas | #1,635 | 8 | 1 in 23,650 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Talen
- 1,084 spots since 2024 (#3,455 → #4,539)
- 1,337 spots since 2020 (#3,202 → #4,539)
- 2,263 spots since 2015 (#2,276 → #4,539)
- Biggest jump: 790 spots in 2006 (#1,691 → #901)
- Biggest drop: 286 spots in 2008 (#990 → #1,276)
- Debuted 1982
- Peaked 2006 at #901 (216 births)
- Births halved by 2011, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 2006–2007
- 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%)
- 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.
Talen in 2008
Top girls' names in 2008
Top boys' names in 2008
More about 2008
girls
1,890,938 girls got a published name in 2008; 1 in 315,156 of them was named Talen, which outranked 24.8% of the 20,482 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #13,832Zymeria7
- #13,832Zyniyah7
- #13,832Zyonah7
- #15,405Talen6
- #15,405Aahliyah6
- #15,405Aalaiyah6
- #15,405Aamiya6
- #17,504Aabriella5
- #17,504Aalaya5
- #17,504Aalayna5
Tied with 2,098 names at #15,405; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,040,150 boys got a published name in 2008; 1 in 15,001 of them was named Talen, which outranked 91.3% of the 14,625 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,271Lazaro137
- #1,271Nate137
- #1,271Vernon137
- #1,276Talen136
- #1,276Dan136
- #1,276Finnian136
- #1,276Jaleel136
- #1,284Amar135
- #1,284Aubrey135
- #1,284Beck135
Tied with 7 names at #1,276; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.