Talley — #10420 US unisex name
352 babies named Talley in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 41% of names given to girls today.
32% of everyone ever named Talley was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Talley in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Talley
The Social Security Administration has registered 352 babies named Talley between 1969 and 2024, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Talley currently holds the #10420 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 17 babies received it in a single year. Talley is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 81 additional births since 1914.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Talley performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 111 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Talley shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Talley 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 352 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.
Talley at a glance
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Current rank
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Talley popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1969
- Peak year (2000)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 56 years of records
Currently ranks #10420 among girls.
352 total births across 56 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 17 births in a single year.
Talley popularity over time — boys
81 total births recorded since 1914 (Talley as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Talley accounts for 19% of total recorded use across both genders.
Talley by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 111 births that decade — 32% of Talley's all-time total
Talley decade highlights
- Peak decade 111 births
- Runner-up 73 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Talley's strongest decade
111 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
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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, 1969–2024 (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.