girls:
44 births since 1997
#5672 (1st percentile)
boys:
1.9k births since 1982
#2857 (38th percentile)
overall:
2k births since 1982
#5799 (25th percentile)
The name Talen is the #5,799 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,971 recorded births since 1982. This represents the 25.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 25.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,857 (37.7% percentile) for all time with 1,927 births since 1982. For girls, it ranks #5,672 (0.7% percentile) for all time with 44 births since 1997.
Talen first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1982 (1982 for boys and 1997 for girls). Birth data for Talen is available in 39 out of the 42 years between 1982 and 2023 (39 years for boys and 7 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Talen has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 97.8% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Talen reached its peak popularity in 2006, achieving the 23.8% percentile (ranked #667) with 99 births per million. The name was most common in 2006, with 99 births per million (ranked 23.8% percentile). Despite a low point around 2020, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for boys. Currently, Talen ranks #884 for boys (3.0% percentile) with 17 births per million, which is 17.7% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Talen reached its peak popularity in 1997, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #860) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1997, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2014.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Talen".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Talen. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 63.2% confident that Talen is pronounced as TAY-luhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is tuh-LEHN, at 10.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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