Boys' name · since 1993
Taliesin
253 babies named Taliesin in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,604 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,413 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 253
- born since 1993
- 2020s
- peak decade
253 babies have been named Taliesin since 1993, making it today's #7413 boys' name.
Social Security Administration records show Taliesin recorded 253 times among boys since 1993, holding rank #7413 nationally today, ahead of 47% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2025.
- #11,604 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,413 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 253 born since 1993
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Taliesin ranks #11,604 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,413 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 253 born since 1993, peaking in the 2020s.
- #11,604 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,413 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 253
- born since 1993
- 2020s
- peak decade
Taliesin's 253 recorded births place it above 74.47% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Taliesin compares
253 42nd percentile among 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
Taliesin's all-time total is 31% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Taliesin | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 253 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 23 | 34 | 22,252 |
Taliesin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Taliesin splits its recorded history at 2009: 63% of all births land in the more recent half, 37% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1993 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2021 peak of 23 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Taliesin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Taliesin by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (81 births, 32% of the file).
2020s was Taliesin's strongest decade.
81 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Taliesin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
45 births
- 2000s
2000s
53 births
- 2010s
2010s
74 births
- 2020s
2020s
81 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 81 births (32% of all-time use).
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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, 1993–2025 (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 Taliesin 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.