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.
48% of everyone ever named Talar was born in this single decade.
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 2016Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Talar popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1980
- Peak year (1992)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2016.
212 total births across 37 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1992 with 18 births in a single year.
Talar by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 101 births that decade — 48% of Talar's all-time total
Talar decade highlights
- Peak decade 101 births
- Runner-up 52 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Talar's strongest decade
101 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
Talar by state
Where Talar concentrates geographically — total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 86 | 40.6% |
86 of 212 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 40.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 40.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 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.