Talmage
Talmage was last recorded in 2024, when 13 babies were given it; 2,281 Americans have been recorded with it between 1881 and 2024 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,000 Americans named Talmage and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (44% of everyone recorded); the median is 26 years old and half are between 15 and 61.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Talmage by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Talmage?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #6,782, in 2024; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
52 babies in 1922, the peak
Talmage peaked in 1922, when 52 boys were given it, #989 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13 | #6,782 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 8 | #9,638 | under 0.01 |
| 2022 | 10 | #8,219 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,528 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 8 | #9,455 | under 0.01 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,790 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 19 | #5,079 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 20 | #4,912 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 30 | #3,669 | 0.02 |
| 2015 | 23 | #4,386 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (126)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 17 | #5,454 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 28 | #3,736 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 27 | #3,876 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 29 | #3,687 | 0.02 |
| 2010 | 26 | #3,978 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 30 | #3,624 | 0.02 |
| 2008 | 28 | #3,811 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 28 | #3,780 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 22 | #4,350 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 28 | #3,512 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,974 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 30 | #3,175 | 0.02 |
| 2002 | 19 | #4,299 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 20 | #4,097 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 20 | #4,042 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,504 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 8 | #7,461 | under 0.01 |
| 1997 | 6 | #9,123 | under 0.01 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,483 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,473 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 5 | #10,075 | under 0.01 |
| 1993 | 11 | #5,309 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,614 | under 0.01 |
| 1991 | 6 | #8,113 | under 0.01 |
| 1990 | 5 | #9,339 | under 0.01 |
| 1988 | 7 | #6,335 | under 0.01 |
| 1987 | 10 | #4,535 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 8 | #5,270 | under 0.01 |
| 1985 | 11 | #4,016 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 10 | #4,168 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 13 | #3,392 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,822 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 7 | #5,450 | under 0.01 |
| 1979 | 7 | #5,299 | under 0.01 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,994 | under 0.01 |
| 1977 | 7 | #5,061 | under 0.01 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,972 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,912 | under 0.01 |
| 1973 | 8 | #4,019 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 8 | #3,927 | under 0.01 |
| 1970 | 9 | #3,488 | under 0.01 |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,560 | under 0.01 |
| 1967 | 5 | #4,471 | under 0.01 |
| 1966 | 9 | #2,959 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 8 | #3,222 | under 0.01 |
| 1964 | 15 | #2,195 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 9 | #3,030 | under 0.01 |
| 1962 | 10 | #2,829 | under 0.01 |
| 1961 | 15 | #2,228 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,625 | under 0.01 |
| 1959 | 11 | #2,644 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 11 | #2,628 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 11 | #2,617 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 8 | #3,188 | under 0.01 |
| 1955 | 13 | #2,294 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 17 | #1,950 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 10 | #2,693 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 15 | #2,067 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 15 | #2,045 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 17 | #1,872 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 17 | #1,868 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 15 | #2,015 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 21 | #1,691 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 24 | #1,468 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 22 | #1,436 | 0.02 |
| 1944 | 25 | #1,364 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 20 | #1,627 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 18 | #1,725 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 13 | #2,078 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 17 | #1,732 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 29 | #1,234 | 0.03 |
| 1938 | 19 | #1,611 | 0.02 |
| 1937 | 26 | #1,342 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 17 | #1,720 | 0.02 |
| 1935 | 19 | #1,651 | 0.02 |
| 1934 | 35 | #1,130 | 0.03 |
| 1933 | 38 | #1,074 | 0.04 |
| 1932 | 31 | #1,232 | 0.03 |
| 1931 | 45 | #995 | 0.04 |
| 1930 | 33 | #1,254 | 0.03 |
| 1929 | 40 | #1,109 | 0.04 |
| 1928 | 39 | #1,143 | 0.04 |
| 1927 | 41 | #1,126 | 0.04 |
| 1926 | 47 | #1,016 | 0.04 |
| 1925 | 40 | #1,119 | 0.04 |
| 1924 | 40 | #1,150 | 0.04 |
| 1923 | 41 | #1,126 | 0.04 |
| 1922 | 52 | #989 | 0.05 |
| 1921 | 39 | #1,157 | 0.04 |
| 1920 | 40 | #1,136 | 0.04 |
| 1919 | 43 | #1,043 | 0.04 |
| 1918 | 48 | #973 | 0.05 |
| 1917 | 36 | #1,131 | 0.04 |
| 1916 | 35 | #1,115 | 0.04 |
| 1915 | 47 | #915 | 0.06 |
| 1914 | 30 | #1,050 | 0.05 |
| 1913 | 21 | #1,143 | 0.04 |
| 1912 | 18 | #1,135 | 0.04 |
| 1911 | 13 | #970 | 0.06 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,262 | 0.04 |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,568 | 0.03 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,080 | 0.05 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,126 | 0.05 |
| 1901 | 7 | #936 | 0.07 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,212 | 0.04 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,254 | 0.04 |
| 1895 | 15 | #553 | 0.13 |
| 1894 | 9 | #782 | 0.08 |
| 1893 | 6 | #1,018 | 0.05 |
| 1892 | 7 | #945 | 0.06 |
| 1891 | 9 | #695 | 0.09 |
| 1890 | 6 | #985 | 0.05 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,099 | 0.05 |
| 1888 | 10 | #695 | 0.08 |
| 1887 | 6 | #910 | 0.06 |
| 1881 | 5 | #983 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Talmage a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Talmage has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 126 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Talmage: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Talmage, and how old are they?
1,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 44% of the 2,281 Americans ever recorded as Talmage. The median Talmage alive today is 26 years old; half are between 15 and 61.
The 2020 Census counted 1,003 people named Talmage (14 women and girls, 989 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,062 born in the U.S. The Census count is 6% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 77 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 166 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 86 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 124 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 349 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 200 |
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 Talmage born?
The states with the most babies named Talmage are Utah, North Carolina and Alabama, with 72% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Utah and Alabama are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | 254 | not ranked | 13.8× |
| North Carolina | 94 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Alabama | 82 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| Mississippi | 50 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Kentucky | 38 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Arkansas | 17 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Tennessee | 15 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Texas | 13 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Georgia | 11 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| South Carolina | 10 | not ranked | 0.3× |
Where Talmage is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Talmage is most over-represented in Utah: since 1910 it was given 13.8 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 Talmage 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 Talmage
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 Talmage and names like it
- Compare Talmage and NewmanBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sTalmage peaked in 1922.
- Utah’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Talmage since 1910.
- The top names of 1922The year the most babies were named Talmage.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Talmage alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with TMost given first.