Talton — boys' name
197 babies named Talton in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1921. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
23% of everyone ever named Talton was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Talton in 1921 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Talton
The Social Security Administration has registered 197 babies named Talton between 1915 and 2019, spanning 105 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Talton currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Talton performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 45 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Talton shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Talton 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 197 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.
Talton at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Talton popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1915
- Peak year (1921)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 105 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2019.
197 total births across 105 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1921 with 13 births in a single year.
Talton by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 45 births that decade — 23% of Talton's all-time total
Talton decade highlights
- Peak decade 45 births
- Runner-up 35 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Talton's strongest decade
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 23% 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, 1915–2019 (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.