Recorded 1980–2016 Girls' name Peak 1992 212 births

Talar — girls' name

212 babies named Talar in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s521990s1012000s472010s12
1990s
Peak decade

48% of everyone ever named Talar was born in this single decade.

1992
Single peak year

18 babies were named Talar in 1992 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Talar

The Social Security Administration has registered 212 babies named Talar between 1980 and 2016, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Talar currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Talar performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 101 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Talar shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 86 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Talar in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Talar 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 212 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.

Talar at a glance

Last recorded 2016

Total births

212

Since 1980

37 years of records

Peak year

1992

18 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2016

Active since

1980

Recorded for 37 years

Last year on file: 2016

Talar popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1980

Last recorded 2016
Peak year (1992)
18
Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
05101520 20162006200019961992198819841980 9

Talar by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
101 births that decade — 48% of Talar's all-time total
1980s521990s1012000s472010s12

Talar by state

Where Talar concentrates geographically — total births since 1980

Regionally concentrated
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Talar
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
86 40.6%
California share of Talar's total US births 40.6%

86 of 212 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Talar?
212 babies have been named Talar since 1980. It was last recorded in 2016. The peak year was 1992 with 18 births.
When was Talar most popular?
Talar was most popular in the 1990s decade with 101 total births. The single peak year was 1992.
Where is Talar most popular?
The top states for the name Talar are California (86 births).
How long has the name Talar been used?
Talar has been recorded in Social Security data since 1980, spanning 37 years of data through 2016.
What names are similar to Talar?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Talia, Taliyah, Tallulah, Talitha, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1980–2016 (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.