Boys' name · since 1999
Taelon
Taelon has 103 recorded births since 1999 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2008 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,239 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,251 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 103
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
Taelon currently ranks #11251 among boys' names in America, with 103 babies recorded since 1999.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Taelon has been recorded 103 times among boys since 1999, currently ranked #11251 nationally and more common than 19% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2025.
- #17,239 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,251 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 103 born since 1999
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Taelon ranks #17,239 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,251 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 103 born since 1999, peaking in the 2000s.
- #17,239 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,251 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 103
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
Taelon's 103 recorded births place it above 62.06% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Taelon compares
103 26th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Taelon's all-time total is 72% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Taelon | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 103 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 34 | 22,252 |
Taelon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Taelon's SSA record in two at 2012 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2004, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2008 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Taelon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Taelon by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (41 births, 40% of the file).
2000s was Taelon's strongest decade.
41 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Taelon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
- 2000s
2000s
41 births
- 2010s
2010s
31 births
- 2020s
2020s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 41 births (40% of all-time use).
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- Taelon's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (41 total births) through the 2020s (24) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Taelon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1999–2025 (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 Taelon 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.