Talbot — boys' name
450 babies named Talbot in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1969. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
17% of everyone ever named Talbot was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Talbot in 1969 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Talbot
The Social Security Administration has registered 450 babies named Talbot between 1913 and 2020, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Talbot currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1969, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Talbot performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 76 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Talbot shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Talbot 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 450 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.
Talbot at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Talbot popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1913
- Peak year (1969)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 108 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
450 total births across 108 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1969 with 14 births in a single year.
Talbot popularity over time — girls
11 total births recorded since 2002 (Talbot as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Talbot accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Talbot by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 76 births that decade — 17% of Talbot's all-time total
Talbot decade highlights
- Peak decade 76 births
- Runner-up 61 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Talbot's strongest decade
76 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 17% 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, 1913–2020 (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.