Talmage

Last seen for boys in 2024 at #6,469

Peak · boys
#529
1895 · 15 births
Debut · boys
1881
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,281
since 1881

Talmage over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Talmage has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201912peak #529, 1895boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025—
2024#6,46913
2023#8,9218
2022#7,76810
2021#5,33817
2020#8,7398
2019#8,2159
2018#4,91819
2017#4,74620
2016#3,59630
2015#4,29523
2014#5,25217
2013#3,66128
2012#3,80727
2011#3,60529
2010#3,89426
2009#3,55130
2008#3,74428
2007#3,68728
2006#4,22322
2005#3,44728
2004#4,79317
2003#3,11930
2002#4,18819
2001#3,97420
2000#3,92220
1999#4,34116
1998#6,8438
1997#8,1106
1996#5,18711
1995#4,28014
1994#8,8005
1993#5,00211
1992#6,1288
1991#7,2716
1990#8,1175
1989—
1988#5,7517
1987#4,23910
1986#4,8538
1985#3,80511
1984#3,92510
1983#3,23013
1982—
1981#3,60111
1980#4,9407
1979#4,8427
1978#4,5547
1977#4,5827
1976#3,7249
1975—
1974#5,2275
1973#3,6948
1972—
1971#3,6588
1970#3,2829
1969#3,3148
1968—
1967#3,9665
1966#2,7849
1965#2,9828
1964#2,11415
1963#2,8589
1962#2,67310
1961#2,14815
1960#3,3377
1959#2,53011
1958#2,50611
1957#2,49411
1956#2,9698
1955#2,21913
1954#1,88717
1953#2,53110
1952#2,01015
1951#1,97215
1950#1,81517
1949#1,82017
1948#1,94315
1947#1,64621
1946#1,44024
1945#1,40622
1944#1,32825
1943#1,57720
1942#1,68218
1941#1,99713
1940#1,68017
1939#1,21929
1938#1,55919
1937#1,31326
1936#1,63917
1935#1,58419
1934#1,11635
1933#1,05138
1932#1,21631
1931#98345
1930#1,23533
1929#1,09440
1928#1,12539
1927#1,11241
1926#1,01047
1925#1,10840
1924#1,13340
1923#1,11441
1922#97752
1921#1,14039
1920#1,11940
1919#1,03443
1918#96648
1917#1,11336
1916#1,09635
1915#90647
1914#1,01930
1913#1,11221
1912#1,09518
1911#92513
1910—
1909#1,1557
1908#1,3735
1907—
1906—
1905#1,0027
1904—
1903—
1902#1,0136
1901#8587
1900—
1899—
1898—
1897#1,0575
1896#1,1015
1895#52915
1894#7309
1893#9076
1892#8617
1891#6359
1890#8846
1889#9745
1888#64810
1887#8196
1886—
1885—
1884—
1883—
1882—
1881#8665
1880—
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five boys were named Talmage! It came in at #866, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1881–1886, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Talmage is popular in 1912

No state had 5 or more boys named Talmage in 1912, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Talmage
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 252 spots in 1931 (#1,235 → #983)
  • Biggest drop: 572 spots in 1896 (#529 → #1,101)
Rise & fade · boys
14 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1895 at #529 (15 births)
  • Births halved by 1896, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 16 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 1887–1895
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,826
  • Highest: 1 in 7,826 boys born in 1895 were named Talmage (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 132,530 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 18.4% of all boys named Talmage (419) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s26#648 (1888)#827
1890s62#529 (1895)#838
1900s32#858 (1901)#1,080
1910s291#906 (1915)#1,030
1920s419#977 (1922)#1,093
1930s292#983 (1931)#1,292
1940s192#1,328 (1944)#1,652
1950s128#1,815 (1950)#2,293
1960s86#2,114 (1964)#2,908
1970s60#3,282 (1970)#4,195
1980s77#3,230 (1983)#4,293
1990s90#4,280 (1995)#6,408
2000s242#3,119 (2003)#3,865
2010s228#3,596 (2016)#4,599
2020s56#5,338 (2021)#7,447

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.

Talmage in 1912

boys
#1,095
18 births · 1 in 23,886 boys

Top boys' names in 1912

  1. #1John24,588
  2. #2William19,626
  3. #3James17,644
  4. #4Robert12,836
  5. #5Joseph12,062
  6. #6George11,734
  7. #7Charles11,070
  8. #8Edward7,936
  9. #9Frank7,912
  10. #10Thomas6,087
  11. #1,095Talmage18
More about 1912

boys

429,942 boys got a published name in 1912; 1 in 23,886 of them was named Talmage, which outranked 62.3% of the 2,905 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Talmage
  1. #1,059Stacy19
  2. #1,059Terence19
  3. #1,059Williard19
  4. #1,095Talmage18
  5. #1,095Addie18
  6. #1,095Amon18
  7. #1,095Bart18
  8. #1,137Alonza17
  9. #1,137Arvil17
  10. #1,137Barnett17

Tied with 41 names at #1,095; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1911
Risers
  1. ↑ 864Arlo#1,740 → #876
  2. ↑ 848Guss#1,740 → #892
  3. ↑ 805Courtney#1,740 → #935
  4. ↑ 805Erling#1,740 → #935
  5. ↑ 805Masao#1,740 → #935
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,688Rosendo#856 → #2,544
  2. ↓ 1,063Metro#982 → #2,045
  3. ↓ 1,057Lawyer#689 → #1,746
  4. ↓ 903Hymen#982 → #1,885
  5. ↓ 903Mathias#982 → #1,885

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

See the top 100 for 1912 →