girls:
524 births since 1985
#5192 (9th percentile)
boys:
12.1k births since 1975
#1047 (77th percentile)
overall:
12.6k births since 1975
#2343 (70th percentile)
The name Talon is the #2,343 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 12,630 recorded births since 1975. This represents the 69.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 69.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,047 (77.2% percentile) for all time with 12,106 births since 1975. For girls, it ranks #5,192 (9.1% percentile) for all time with 524 births since 1985.
Talon first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1975 (1975 for boys and 1985 for girls).
The name Talon has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 95.9% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Talon reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 54.6% percentile (ranked #401) with 289 births per million. The name was most common in 2006, with 302 births per million (ranked 53.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2010, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Talon ranks #682 for boys (25.2% percentile) with 129 births per million, which is 42.7% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Talon reached its peak popularity in 1999, achieving the 2.5% percentile (ranked #864) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 1999, with 14 births per million (ranked 2.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Talon ranks #940 for girls (0.7% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 49.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Talon".
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