Boys' name · since 2009
Taelen
Taelen has 25 recorded births since 2009 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #27,378 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 25
- born since 2009
- 2020s
- peak decade
Taelen is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 25 have been recorded since 2009.
Taelen has 25 recorded births among boys since 2009, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2021.
- #27,378 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 25 born since 2009
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Taelen ranks #27,378 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 25 born since 2009, peaking in the 2020s.
- #27,378 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 25
- born since 2009
- 2020s
- peak decade
Taelen's 25 recorded births place it above 39.7% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Taelen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Taelen splits its recorded history at 2020: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2021 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2009 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Taelen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2021
- Peak year (2009)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Taelen by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (12 births, 48% of the file).
2020s was Taelen's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Taelen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
7 births
- 2010s
2010s
6 births
- 2020s
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 12 births (48% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Taelen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~12 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2009–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Taelen draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.