Talonda — girls' name
158 babies named Talonda in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1975. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
58% of everyone ever named Talonda was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Talonda in 1975 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Talonda
The Social Security Administration has registered 158 babies named Talonda between 1972 and 1993, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Talonda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Talonda performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 91 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Talonda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Talonda in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Talonda 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 158 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.
Talonda at a glance
Last recorded 1993Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Talonda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1972
- Peak year (1975)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1993.
158 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1975 with 18 births in a single year.
Talonda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 91 births that decade — 58% of Talonda's all-time total
Talonda decade highlights
- Peak decade 91 births
- Runner-up 59 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Talonda's strongest decade
91 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 58% of all-time use.
Talonda by state
Where Talonda concentrates geographically — total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 5 | 3.2% |
5 of 158 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 3.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 3.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1972–1993 (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.