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

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Peak · boys
2006 · 216 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,982
since 1982

Talen over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Talen has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202010peak #901, 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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#4,53922
2024—#3,45533
2023—#3,56632
2022—#3,53332
2021—#3,12138
2020—#3,20235
2019—#2,49153
2018—#2,84842
2017—#3,67829
2016—#2,88541
2015—#2,27658
2014#13,0697#2,01770
2013—#1,79480
2012—#1,63794
2011—#1,63593
2010—#1,399119
2009—#1,433117
2008#15,4056#1,276136
2007—#990197
2006#13,6067#901216
2005#14,5026#1,69179
2004—#2,84336
2003#15,7845#3,04431
2002—#3,09529
2001—#2,34642
2000#15,0315#3,15027
1999—#2,93928
1998—#3,84918
1997#9,8028#3,26122
1996—#4,39614
1995—#3,85416
1994—#3,03023
1993—#4,22714
1992—#3,60417
1991—#5,09610
1990—#4,67311
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1988—#5,7517
1987—#6,0896
1986—#6,7215
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1983—#6,2385
1982—#6,3855
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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 2010

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Talen, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Talen, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Talen, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Talen, so not publishedNHWashington: #787 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,930 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Talen, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Talen, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Talen, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #717 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,541 boysMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Talen, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Talen, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Talen, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Talen, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Talen, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Talen, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Talen, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Talen, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Talen, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Talen, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Talen, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Talen, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Talen, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #1,116 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 12,200 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Talen, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Talen, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,016 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 33,396 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Talen, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Talen, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Talen, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Talen, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Talen, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Talen, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Talen, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Talen, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Talen, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Talen, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Talen, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Talen, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Talen, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Talen, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Talen, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Talen, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Talen, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Talen, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #560 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,978 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Talen, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Talen, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Talen, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Talen, so not publishedHITexas: #1,987 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 29,769 boysTXFlorida: #1,228 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 11,580 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Louisiana#560 · 1 in 2,978
  2. Minnesota#717 · 1 in 5,541
  3. Washington#787 · 1 in 5,930
  4. Pennsylvania#1,116 · 1 in 12,200
  5. Florida#1,228 · 1 in 11,580

Best ever in a state: #158 in South Dakota, 2007.

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Louisiana#56081 in 2,978
Minnesota#71751 in 5,541
Washington#78761 in 5,930
Pennsylvania#1,11651 in 12,200
Florida#1,22881 in 11,580
Texas#1,98761 in 29,769
California#2,01671 in 33,396
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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
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 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)
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s28#5,751 (1988)#6,237
1990s173#2,939 (1999)#3,893
2000s910#901 (2006)#2,077
2010s679#1,399 (2010)#2,266
2020s192#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 2010

boys
#1,399
119 births · 1 in 16,123 boys

Top boys' names in 2010

  1. #1Jacob22,157
  2. #2Ethan18,020
  3. #3Michael17,387
  4. #4Jayden17,203
  5. #5William17,072
  6. #6Alexander16,769
  7. #7Noah16,481
  8. #8Daniel15,869
  9. #9Aiden15,547
  10. #10Anthony15,511
  11. #1,399Talen119
More about 2010

boys

1,918,676 boys got a published name in 2010; 1 in 16,123 of them was named Talen, which outranked 90.2% of the 14,270 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Talen
  1. #1,390Raheem120
  2. #1,390Sutton120
  3. #1,390Trae120
  4. #1,399Talen119
  5. #1,399Aksel119
  6. #1,399Cashton119
  7. #1,399Grayden119
  8. #1,408Adin118
  9. #1,408Caeden118
  10. #1,408Jeshua118

Tied with 8 names at #1,399; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2009
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,631Bentlee#3,476 → #845
  2. ↑ 1,735Jencarlos#2,663 → #928
  3. ↑ 1,536Bently#2,203 → #667
  4. ↑ 940Callen#1,638 → #698
  5. ↑ 892Bode#1,665 → #773
Fallers
  1. ↓ 314Dereon#953 → #1,267
  2. ↓ 290Aaden#271 → #561
  3. ↓ 248Landin#935 → #1,183
  4. ↓ 229Rigoberto#920 → #1,149
  5. ↓ 191Dillan#793 → #984

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

See the top 100 for 2010 →