Talmadge

Last seen for girls in 1927 at #4,805 · #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
Given to boys 99.4% of the time

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Peak · boys
1933 · 173 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
5,635
since 1886

Talmadge over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Talmadge has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201950peak #411, 1933boys
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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—#8,9108
2024—#10,9386
2023—#10,8216
2022—#8,3009
2021—#7,58710
2020—#10,6056
2019—#8,2159
2018—#8,1549
2017—#6,68512
2016—#9,6647
2015—#6,32413
2014—#7,56210
2013—#8,7898
2012—#7,05011
2011—#8,0799
2010—#6,35913
2009—#7,69210
2008—#7,69810
2007—#7,09411
2006—#6,09413
2005—#4,63118
2004—#4,60218
2003—#4,81516
2002—#4,50217
2001—#5,66712
2000—#4,38917
1999—#6,04210
1998—#4,87313
1997—#3,45520
1996—#4,18515
1995—#4,05215
1994—#4,09415
1993—#4,44713
1992—#3,22020
1991—#3,32518
1990—#2,69524
1989—#2,78422
1988—#2,96118
1987—#3,07216
1986—#2,42922
1985—#2,50420
1984—#2,36421
1983—#2,01726
1982—#1,92928
1981—#2,20423
1980—#1,91029
1979—#1,90328
1978—#1,83428
1977—#1,70731
1976—#1,99924
1975—#1,47836
1974—#1,79026
1973—#1,69627
1972—#1,21046
1971—#1,35239
1970—#1,20747
1969—#1,30237
1968—#1,28235
1967—#1,15042
1966—#1,32733
1965—#1,09446
1964—#1,21940
1963—#1,10048
1962—#1,08250
1961—#1,01359
1960—#1,02156
1959—#1,15645
1958—#1,07151
1957—#99558
1956—#96660
1955—#94263
1954—#1,00755
1953—#1,07446
1952—#1,01350
1951—#96353
1950—#96052
1949—#82468
1948—#87960
1947—#75882
1946—#82663
1945—#79161
1944—#83257
1943—#80866
1942—#72279
1941—#81760
1940—#568109
1939—#58796
1938—#62890
1937—#66181
1936—#60193
1935—#558106
1934—#557112
1933—#411173
1932—#504130
1931—#584100
1930—#591104
1929—#556113
1928—#65991
1927#4,8055#617103
1926—#545124
1925#4,0287#577116
1924#4,0027#577123
1923#4,9675#535130
1922—#600116
1921#4,0237#600111
1920—#615105
1919#4,8145#70479
1918—#604103
1917—#65084
1916—#75066
1915—#67574
1914—#68755
1913—#81834
1912—#59247
1911—#64423
1910—#98111
1909—#1,2776
1908—#9469
1907—#66415
1906—#61315
1905—#1,0027
1904—#9667
1903—#1,0096
1902—#68711
1901—#7798
1900—#69913
1899—#1,0515
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1892—#8617
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First appearance
1886

The first year at least five boys were named Talmadge! It came in at #959, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1886–1888, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Talmadge is popular in 1950

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Talmadge, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Talmadge, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Talmadge, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Talmadge, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Talmadge, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Talmadge, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Talmadge, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Talmadge, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Talmadge, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Talmadge, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Talmadge, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Talmadge, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Talmadge, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Talmadge, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Talmadge, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Talmadge, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Talmadge, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Talmadge, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Talmadge, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Talmadge, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Talmadge, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Talmadge, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Talmadge, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Talmadge, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Talmadge, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Talmadge, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Talmadge, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Talmadge, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Talmadge, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Talmadge, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Talmadge, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Talmadge, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Talmadge, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Talmadge, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Talmadge, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Talmadge, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Talmadge, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Talmadge, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Talmadge, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Talmadge, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #405 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 5,581 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Talmadge, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Talmadge, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Talmadge, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Talmadge, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Talmadge, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Talmadge, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Talmadge, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Talmadge, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Talmadge, so not publishedTXFlorida: #424 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,091 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. North Carolina#405 · 1 in 5,581
  2. Florida#424 · 1 in 6,091

Best ever in a state: #70 in Georgia, 1933.

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North Carolina#40591 in 5,581
Florida#42451 in 6,091
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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 Talmadge
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 2,028 spots since 2024 (#10,938 → #8,910)
  • 1,695 spots since 2020 (#10,605 → #8,910)
  • 2,586 spots since 2015 (#6,324 → #8,910)
  • Biggest jump: 389 spots in 1906 (#1,002 → #613)
  • Biggest drop: 331 spots in 1909 (#946 → #1,277)
Rise & fade · boys
47 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1886
  • Peaked 1933 at #411 (173 births)
  • Births halved by 1937, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 58 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 58 yrs · run 1910–1951
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,731
  • Highest: 1 in 5,731 boys born in 1933 were named Talmadge (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 213,509 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 20.1% of all boys named Talmadge (1,132) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s11#878 (1889)#919
1890s42#640 (1895)#785
1900s97#613 (1906)#864
1910s576#592 (1912)#711
1920s1,132#535 (1923)#588
1930s1,085#411 (1933)#568
1940s705#568 (1940)#783
1950s533#942 (1955)#1,015
1960s446#1,013 (1961)#1,159
1970s332#1,207 (1970)#1,618
1980s225#1,910 (1980)#2,417
1990s163#2,695 (1990)#4,039
2000s142#4,389 (2000)#5,718
2010s101#6,324 (2015)#7,688
2020s45#7,587 (2021)#9,527

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.

Talmadge in 1950

boys
#960
52 births · 1 in 34,428 boys

Top boys' names in 1950

  1. #1James86,228
  2. #2Robert83,553
  3. #3John79,412
  4. #4Michael65,136
  5. #5David60,729
  6. #6William60,680
  7. #7Richard51,003
  8. #8Thomas45,596
  9. #9Charles39,095
  10. #10Gary33,737
  11. #960Talmadge52
More about 1950

boys

1,790,262 boys got a published name in 1950; 1 in 34,428 of them was named Talmadge, which outranked 77.1% of the 4,196 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Talmadge
  1. #948Vernell53
  2. #948Warner53
  3. #948Windell53
  4. #960Talmadge52
  5. #960Cordell52
  6. #960Garnett52
  7. #960Gil52
  8. #973Clarance51
  9. #973Merritt51
  10. #973Michial51

Tied with 12 names at #960; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1949
Risers
  1. ↑ 744Ezzard#1,616 → #872
  2. ↑ 510Kelvin#1,085 → #575
  3. ↑ 447Nancy#1,297 → #850
  4. ↑ 420Samual#1,380 → #960
  5. ↑ 376Shaun#1,275 → #899
Fallers
  1. ↓ 371Sharon#885 → #1,256
  2. ↓ 369Melvyn#770 → #1,139
  3. ↓ 367Les#997 → #1,364
  4. ↓ 351Delmas#905 → #1,256
  5. ↓ 315Denzil#808 → #1,123

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

See the top 100 for 1950 →