Taralyn — #15614 US girls' name
686 babies named Taralyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1964, with the highest year being 1984. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 12% of names given to girls today.
28% of everyone ever named Taralyn was born in this single decade.
26 babies were named Taralyn in 1984 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Taralyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 686 babies named Taralyn between 1964 and 2024, spanning 61 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Taralyn currently holds the #15614 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 26 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Taralyn performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 193 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Taralyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 35 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Utah. In total, SSA state-level files list Taralyn in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Taralyn 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 686 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.
Taralyn at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Taralyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1964
- Peak year (1984)
- 26
- Annual births at peak — across 61 years of records
Currently ranks #15614 among girls.
686 total births across 61 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1984 with 26 births in a single year.
Taralyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 193 births that decade — 28% of Taralyn's all-time total
Taralyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 193 births
- Runner-up 154 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Taralyn's strongest decade
193 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 28% of all-time use.
Taralyn by state
Where Taralyn concentrates geographically — total births since 1964
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 35 | 5.1% |
| #2 | Utah | | 5 | 0.7% |
35 of 686 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 5.1% of nationwide
- Utah 0.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 5.1% 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, 1964–2024 (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.