Talmadge
Talmadge was given to 8 boys in 2025, #9,599 among boys’ names; 5,671 Americans have been recorded with it since 1886 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,090 Americans named Talmadge and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (37% of everyone recorded); the median is 59 years old and half are between 41 and 73.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Talmadge by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Talmadge?
#9,599 among boys’ names, 2025
Talmadge fell from #6,629 in 2015 to #9,599 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 6.8 to 4.7 per million.
173 babies in 1933, the peak
Talmadge peaked in 1933, when 173 boys were given it, #412 among boys’ names. The 8 births of 2025 are 5% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #9,599 | under 0.01 |
| 2024 | 6 | #12,179 | under 0.01 |
| 2023 | 6 | #12,072 | under 0.01 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,897 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 10 | #8,086 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 6 | #11,856 | under 0.01 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,789 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,738 | under 0.01 |
| 2017 | 12 | #7,047 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 7 | #10,595 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (133)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 13 | #6,629 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 10 | #8,047 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 8 | #9,548 | under 0.01 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,486 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,670 | under 0.01 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,653 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 10 | #8,233 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 10 | #8,227 | under 0.01 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,523 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,409 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 18 | #4,794 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 18 | #4,768 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 16 | #5,008 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 17 | #4,674 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,962 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,536 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,454 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 13 | #5,122 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 20 | #3,571 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 15 | #4,368 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,240 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 15 | #4,258 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 13 | #4,658 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 20 | #3,315 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 18 | #3,433 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 24 | #2,760 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 22 | #2,878 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 18 | #3,057 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 16 | #3,179 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 22 | #2,499 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 20 | #2,588 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 21 | #2,429 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 26 | #2,074 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 28 | #1,986 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 23 | #2,262 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 29 | #1,959 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 28 | #1,937 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 28 | #1,866 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 31 | #1,740 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 24 | #2,042 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 36 | #1,498 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 26 | #1,826 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 27 | #1,730 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 46 | #1,228 | 0.03 |
| 1971 | 39 | #1,376 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 47 | #1,220 | 0.03 |
| 1969 | 37 | #1,321 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 35 | #1,312 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 42 | #1,163 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 33 | #1,342 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 46 | #1,104 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 40 | #1,230 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 48 | #1,118 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 50 | #1,089 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 59 | #1,025 | 0.03 |
| 1960 | 56 | #1,032 | 0.03 |
| 1959 | 45 | #1,169 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 51 | #1,077 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 58 | #1,002 | 0.03 |
| 1956 | 60 | #967 | 0.03 |
| 1955 | 63 | #947 | 0.03 |
| 1954 | 55 | #1,017 | 0.03 |
| 1953 | 46 | #1,088 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 50 | #1,023 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 53 | #968 | 0.03 |
| 1950 | 52 | #971 | 0.03 |
| 1949 | 68 | #829 | 0.04 |
| 1948 | 60 | #887 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 82 | #761 | 0.04 |
| 1946 | 63 | #835 | 0.04 |
| 1945 | 61 | #796 | 0.05 |
| 1944 | 57 | #840 | 0.04 |
| 1943 | 66 | #816 | 0.05 |
| 1942 | 79 | #728 | 0.06 |
| 1941 | 60 | #827 | 0.05 |
| 1940 | 109 | #572 | 0.09 |
| 1939 | 96 | #593 | 0.09 |
| 1938 | 90 | #634 | 0.08 |
| 1937 | 81 | #664 | 0.08 |
| 1936 | 93 | #607 | 0.09 |
| 1935 | 106 | #562 | 0.10 |
| 1934 | 112 | #559 | 0.11 |
| 1933 | 173 | #412 | 0.17 |
| 1932 | 130 | #506 | 0.12 |
| 1931 | 100 | #587 | 0.10 |
| 1930 | 104 | #598 | 0.09 |
| 1929 | 113 | #556 | 0.11 |
| 1928 | 91 | #659 | 0.08 |
| 1927 | 103 | #618 | 0.09 |
| 1926 | 124 | #547 | 0.11 |
| 1925 | 116 | #584 | 0.10 |
| 1924 | 123 | #578 | 0.11 |
| 1923 | 130 | #537 | 0.12 |
| 1922 | 116 | #601 | 0.11 |
| 1921 | 111 | #603 | 0.10 |
| 1920 | 105 | #618 | 0.10 |
| 1919 | 79 | #715 | 0.08 |
| 1918 | 103 | #607 | 0.10 |
| 1917 | 84 | #655 | 0.09 |
| 1916 | 66 | #756 | 0.07 |
| 1915 | 74 | #678 | 0.09 |
| 1914 | 55 | #695 | 0.08 |
| 1913 | 34 | #829 | 0.07 |
| 1912 | 47 | #598 | 0.11 |
| 1911 | 23 | #664 | 0.10 |
| 1910 | 11 | #1,035 | 0.06 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,425 | 0.04 |
| 1908 | 9 | #1,017 | 0.06 |
| 1907 | 15 | #696 | 0.10 |
| 1906 | 15 | #638 | 0.11 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,079 | 0.05 |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,052 | 0.05 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,119 | 0.05 |
| 1902 | 11 | #733 | 0.09 |
| 1901 | 8 | #849 | 0.08 |
| 1900 | 13 | #729 | 0.09 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,187 | 0.05 |
| 1897 | 9 | #782 | 0.08 |
| 1895 | 11 | #675 | 0.09 |
| 1893 | 10 | #701 | 0.09 |
| 1892 | 7 | #944 | 0.06 |
| 1889 | 6 | #964 | 0.05 |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,092 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Talmadge a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Talmadge has been given almost only to boys: 36 girls in 133 years of records.
Girls and boys named Talmadge: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Talmadge, and how old are they?
2,090 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 37% of the 5,671 Americans ever recorded as Talmadge. The median Talmadge alive today is 59 years old; half are between 41 and 73.
The 2020 Census counted 2,089 people named Talmadge (47 women and girls, 2,042 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,460 born in the U.S. The Census count is 15% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 285 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 688 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 486 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 299 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 214 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 112 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Talmadge born?
The states with the most babies named Talmadge are Georgia, North Carolina and Alabama, with 59% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Alabama is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 783 | not ranked | 4.8× |
| North Carolina | 538 | not ranked | 3.0× |
| Alabama | 494 | not ranked | 3.7× |
| South Carolina | 306 | not ranked | 3.0× |
| Mississippi | 239 | not ranked | 2.4× |
| Texas | 166 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Florida | 118 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Kentucky | 100 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Tennessee | 97 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Virginia | 79 | not ranked | 0.6× |
Where Talmadge is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Talmadge is most over-represented in Georgia: since 1910 it was given 4.8 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Talmadge with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Talmadge
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Talmadge and names like it
- Compare Talmadge and DelmarBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1930sTalmadge peaked in 1933.
- Georgia’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Talmadge since 1910.
- The top names of 1933The year the most babies were named Talmadge.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Talmadge alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with TMost given first.