Boys' name · since 1971
Talib
907 babies named Talib in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,472 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,320 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 907
- born since 1971
- 2000s
- peak decade
907 babies have been named Talib since 1971, making it today's #12320 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Talib has been recorded 907 times among boys since 1971, currently ranked #12320 nationally and more common than 12% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2025.
- #5,472 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,320 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 907 born since 1971
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Talib ranks #5,472 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,320 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 907 born since 1971, peaking in the 2000s.
- #5,472 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,320 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 907
- born since 1971
- 2000s
- peak decade
Talib's 907 recorded births place it above 87.96% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Talib compares
907 Top 33% higher than 67% 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
Talib's all-time total is 146% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Talib | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 907 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 42 | 34 | 22,252 |
Talib's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Talib splits its recorded history at 1999: 65% of all births land in the more recent half, 35% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1972 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2002 peak of 42 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Talib popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2025
- Peak year (2002)
- 42
- Annual births at peak, across 55 years of records
Talib by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (299 births, 33% of the file).
2000s was Talib's strongest decade.
299 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Talib births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 108
1970s
108 births
- 1980s 91
1980s
91 births
- 1990s
1990s
131 births
- 2000s
2000s
299 births
- 2010s
2010s
201 births
- 2020s 77
2020s
77 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 299 births (33% of all-time use).
How Talib 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 Talib's total volume
Talib by state
Where Talib concentrates geographically, total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 25 | 2.8% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 21 | 2.3% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 20 | 2.2% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #5 | California | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #6 | Florida | | 5 | 0.6% |
25 of 907 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Talib's data
- Talib's decade-level peak was the 2000s (299 total births); usage has since declined to 77 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Talibs (25 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York 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 Talib: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~54 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, 1971–2025 (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 Talib 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.