boys:
235 births since 1993
#4351 (5th percentile)
overall:
235 births since 1993
#7504 (3rd percentile)
The name Taliesin is the #7,504 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 235 recorded births since 1993. This represents the 3.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,351 (5.1% percentile) for all time with 235 births since 1993.
Taliesin first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1993 (first recorded for boys in 1993). Birth data for Taliesin is available in 27 out of the 31 years between 1993 and 2023. 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.
For boys, Taliesin reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 1.9% percentile (ranked #912) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 12 births per million (ranked 1.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2013, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Taliesin ranks #908 for boys (0.3% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 35.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Taliesin".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Taliesin. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 45.7% confident that Taliesin is pronounced as ta-lee-EH-sihn, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is tuh-LEE-eh-sihn, at 17.1% confidence, with 4 syllables.
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