Talana — girls' name
369 babies named Talana in U.S. Social Security records since 1955, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
31% of everyone ever named Talana was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Talana in 1977 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Talana
The Social Security Administration has registered 369 babies named Talana between 1955 and 2005, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Talana currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Talana performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 114 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Talana shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Talana in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 369 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Talana at a glance
Last recorded 2005Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Talana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–1955
- Peak year (1977)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 51 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2005.
369 total births across 51 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1977 with 21 births in a single year.
Talana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 114 births that decade — 31% of Talana's all-time total
Talana decade highlights
- Peak decade 114 births
- Runner-up 110 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Talana's strongest decade
114 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1955–2005 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.