Boys' name · since 1982
Talen
1,982 babies named Talen in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #3,321 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,593 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,982
- born since 1982
- 2000s
- peak decade
Talen currently ranks #4593 among boys' names in America, with 1,982 babies recorded since 1982.
Social Security Administration records show Talen recorded 1,982 times among boys since 1982, holding rank #4593 nationally today, ahead of 67% of boys, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 2025.
- #3,321 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,593 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 1,982 born since 1982
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Talen ranks #3,321 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,593 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 1,982 born since 1982, peaking in the 2000s.
- #3,321 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,593 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,982
- born since 1982
- 2000s
- peak decade
Talen's 1,982 recorded births place it above 92.69% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
26 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Talen compares
1,982 Top 22% higher than 78% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Talen's all-time total is 5x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Talen | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,982 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 216 | 34 | 22,252 |
Talen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Talen's full recorded timeline at 2005, 82% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 18% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1982, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2006 peak of 216 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Talen popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 216
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Talen popularity over time - girls
44 total births recorded since 1997 (Talen as girls' name)
Talen by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (910 births, 46% of the file).
2000s was Talen's strongest decade.
910 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Talen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 28
1980s
28 births
- 1990s 173
1990s
173 births
- 2000s
2000s
910 births
- 2010s
2010s
679 births
- 2020s 192
2020s
192 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 910 births (46% of all-time use).
How Talen compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Talen's total volume
Talen by state
Where Talen concentrates geographically, total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 91 | 4.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 66 | 3.3% |
| #3 | Florida | | 46 | 2.3% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 37 | 1.9% |
| #5 | Minnesota | | 32 | 1.6% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 30 | 1.5% |
| #7 | Louisiana | | 27 | 1.4% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 19 | 1.0% |
91 of 1,982 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 26 reporting states.
Talen appears in 26 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Talen's data
- Talen's decade-level peak was the 2000s (910 total births); usage has since declined to 192 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Talens (91 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Talen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~43 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, 1982–2025 (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 Talen 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.