Talen
Recorded 1982–2025 · United States
Talen was most popular in 2006, when 223 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,982 that year. In 2025 it ranked #9,648, with 22 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,026 people named Talen.
Talen over time
How old is the name Talen?
Talen first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1982, which makes it about 43 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 41 of the 44 years since.
How many people are named Talen?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,026 American births named Talen between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 1,999 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Talen in 2025?
22 American babies were named Talen in 2025, ranking #9,648 that year.
Is Talen getting more or less popular?
Talen is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 31 births a year, against 80 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -61% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Talen a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Talen is a boy’s name — 2.2% of the 2,026 Americans given it were girls and 97.8% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Talen?
Roughly 1,999 Americans named Talen are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 18 years old, and half are between 13 and 20. That is a narrow band: Talen arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Talen is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org