Boys' name · since 1915
Talton
Talton has 197 recorded births since 1915 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1921 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,073 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 197
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
197 boys have been named Talton since 1915, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Talton has 197 recorded births among boys since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 2019.
- #13,073 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 197 born since 1915
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Talton ranks #13,073 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 197 born since 1915, peaking in the 1920s.
- #13,073 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 197
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Talton's 197 recorded births place it above 71.24% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Talton's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Talton splits its recorded history at 1939: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1918 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1921 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Talton popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2019
- Peak year (1921)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 105 years of records
Talton by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (45 births, 23% of the file).
1920s was Talton's strongest decade.
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Talton births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
34 births
- 1920s
1920s
45 births
- 1930s
1930s
35 births
- 1940s 16
1940s
16 births
- 1950s 11
1950s
11 births
- 1960s
1960s
19 births
- 1970s 9
1970s
9 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 12
2000s
12 births
- 2010s 11
2010s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 45 births (23% of all-time use).
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- Talton's decade-level peak was the 1920s (45 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Talton: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1921)
Similar record span (~104 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, 1915–2019 (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 Talton 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.