Talmadge

girls:

36 births since 1919

#5680 (1st percentile)

boys:

5.6k births since 1886

#1583 (65th percentile)

overall:

5.7k births since 1886

#3616 (53rd percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Talmadge is the #3,616 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,657 recorded births since 1886. This represents the 53.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 53.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,583 (65.5% percentile) for all time with 5,621 births since 1886. For girls, it ranks #5,680 (0.6% percentile) for all time with 36 births since 1919.

Talmadge first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1886 (1886 for boys and 1919 for girls). Birth data for Talmadge is available in 131 out of the 138 years between 1886 and 2023 (131 years for boys and 6 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 Talmadge has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.4% of all recorded births being male.

For boys, Talmadge reached its peak popularity in 1933, achieving the 31.7% percentile (ranked #356) with 170 births per million. The name was most common in 1933, with 170 births per million (ranked 31.7% percentile). Despite a low point around 2020, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for boys. Currently, Talmadge ranks #910 for boys (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 1.9% of its peak share of births.

For girls, Talmadge reached its peak popularity in 1921, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #603) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1925, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1927.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Talmadge".

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Key Statistics

Total Births
36
Peak Births
7
Peak Year
1921
First Recorded
1919
Peak Percentile
0.3%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#603
Current Rank
Female statistics
Total Births
5,621
Peak Births
173
Peak Year
1933
First Recorded
1886
Peak Percentile
31.7%
Current Percentile
0.1%
Peak Rank
#356
Current Rank
#910
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Talmadge

Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Talmadge. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 41.5% confident that Talmadge is pronounced as TAL-mihj, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is TAL-muhj, at 19.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.

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TAL-mihj (2 syllables)
41.5% confidence
T AE1 L M IH0 JH
TAL-muhj (2 syllables)
19.5% confidence
T AE1 L M AH0 JH
TAHL-muhj (2 syllables)
17.1% confidence
T AA1 L M AH0 JH
TAL-maj (2 syllables)
Verified
17.1% confidence
T AE1 L M AE0 JH
TAHL-mihj (2 syllables)
4.9% confidence
T AA1 L M IH0 JH

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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