Talena — #13688 US girls' name
927 babies named Talena in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 1976. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 22% of names given to girls today.
26% of everyone ever named Talena was born in this single decade.
38 babies were named Talena in 1976 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Talena
The Social Security Administration has registered 927 babies named Talena between 1960 and 2024, spanning 65 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Talena currently holds the #13688 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1976, when 38 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Talena performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 245 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Talena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Indiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Talena in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Talena 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 927 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.
Talena at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Talena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1960
- Peak year (1976)
- 38
- Annual births at peak — across 65 years of records
Currently ranks #13688 among girls.
927 total births across 65 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1976 with 38 births in a single year.
Talena by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 245 births that decade — 26% of Talena's all-time total
Talena decade highlights
- Peak decade 245 births
- Runner-up 242 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Talena's strongest decade
245 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% of all-time use.
Talena by state
Where Talena concentrates geographically — total births since 1960
Top 5 states
- Ohio 0.8% of nationwide
- Texas 0.6% of nationwide
- Indiana 0.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Ohio accounts for 0.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile 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, 1960–2024 (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.