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 2009
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Arizona#879 · 1 in 7,987
- Michigan#1,042 · 1 in 9,871
- Ohio#1,048 · 1 in 10,442
- Texas#1,662 · 1 in 23,307
- California#2,033 · 1 in 34,592
Best ever in a state: #158 in South Dakota, 2007.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | #879 | 5 | 1 in 7,987 |
| Michigan | #1,042 | 5 | 1 in 9,871 |
| Ohio | #1,048 | 6 | 1 in 10,442 |
| Texas | #1,662 | 8 | 1 in 23,307 |
| California | #2,033 | 7 | 1 in 34,592 |
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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 2009
Top boys' names in 2009
More about 2009
boys
1,983,573 boys got a published name in 2009; 1 in 16,954 of them was named Talen, which outranked 90.1% of the 14,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,425Mikael118
- #1,425Osman118
- #1,425Pierson118
- #1,433Talen117
- #1,433Azael117
- #1,433Dan117
- #1,433Darey117
- #1,443Amani116
- #1,443Deion116
- #1,443Devlin116
Tied with 9 names at #1,433; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.