Boys' name · since 2000
Taleb
41 babies named Taleb in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,609 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 41
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
41 boys have been named Taleb since 2000, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Taleb recorded 41 times among boys since 2000, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2019.
- #23,609 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 41 born since 2000
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Taleb ranks #23,609 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 41 born since 2000, peaking in the 2010s.
- #23,609 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 41
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Taleb's 41 recorded births place it above 48.03% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Taleb's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Taleb's SSA record in two at 2011 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2001, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2007 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Taleb popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2019
- Peak year (2007)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Taleb by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (23 births, 56% of the file).
2010s was Taleb's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Taleb births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
18 births
- 2010s
2010s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 23 births (56% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Taleb: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~19 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, 2000–2019 (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 Taleb 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.