Boys' name · since 1918
Talmon
Talmon has 17 recorded births since 1918 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1918 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #30,423 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 17
- born since 1918
- 1910s
- peak decade
Talmon is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 17 have been recorded since 1918.
Talmon has 17 recorded births among boys since 1918, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 1972.
- #30,423 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 17 born since 1918
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Talmon ranks #30,423 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 17 born since 1918, peaking in the 1910s.
- #30,423 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 17
- born since 1918
- 1910s
- peak decade
Talmon's 17 recorded births place it above 32.96% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Talmon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Talmon splits its recorded history at 1940: 59% of all births land in the more recent half, 41% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1940 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1918 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Talmon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–1972
- Peak year (1918)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 55 years of records
Talmon by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (7 births, 41% of the file).
1910s was Talmon's strongest decade.
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Talmon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
7 births
- 1940s
1940s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 7 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Talmon's usage has stayed within range of its 1910s decade-level peak (7 total births) through the 1970s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Talmon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1918–1972 (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 Talmon 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.