Talmage
Last seen for boys in 2024 at #6,469
- Peak · boys
- 1895 · 15 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,281since 1881
Talmage over time
Rank among boys' names. Talmage has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #6,469 | 13 |
| 2023 | #8,921 | 8 |
| 2022 | #7,768 | 10 |
| 2021 | #5,338 | 17 |
| 2020 | #8,739 | 8 |
| 2019 | #8,215 | 9 |
| 2018 | #4,918 | 19 |
| 2017 | #4,746 | 20 |
| 2016 | #3,596 | 30 |
| 2015 | #4,295 | 23 |
| 2014 | #5,252 | 17 |
| 2013 | #3,661 | 28 |
| 2012 | #3,807 | 27 |
| 2011 | #3,605 | 29 |
| 2010 | #3,894 | 26 |
| 2009 | #3,551 | 30 |
| 2008 | #3,744 | 28 |
| 2007 | #3,687 | 28 |
| 2006 | #4,223 | 22 |
| 2005 | #3,447 | 28 |
| 2004 | #4,793 | 17 |
| 2003 | #3,119 | 30 |
| 2002 | #4,188 | 19 |
| 2001 | #3,974 | 20 |
| 2000 | #3,922 | 20 |
| 1999 | #4,341 | 16 |
| 1998 | #6,843 | 8 |
| 1997 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #5,187 | 11 |
| 1995 | #4,280 | 14 |
| 1994 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | #5,002 | 11 |
| 1992 | #6,128 | 8 |
| 1991 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1986 | #4,853 | 8 |
| 1985 | #3,805 | 11 |
| 1984 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1983 | #3,230 | 13 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #3,601 | 11 |
| 1980 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | #4,842 | 7 |
| 1978 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | #3,724 | 9 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #3,694 | 8 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | #3,282 | 9 |
| 1969 | #3,314 | 8 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | #2,784 | 9 |
| 1965 | #2,982 | 8 |
| 1964 | #2,114 | 15 |
| 1963 | #2,858 | 9 |
| 1962 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1961 | #2,148 | 15 |
| 1960 | #3,337 | 7 |
| 1959 | #2,530 | 11 |
| 1958 | #2,506 | 11 |
| 1957 | #2,494 | 11 |
| 1956 | #2,969 | 8 |
| 1955 | #2,219 | 13 |
| 1954 | #1,887 | 17 |
| 1953 | #2,531 | 10 |
| 1952 | #2,010 | 15 |
| 1951 | #1,972 | 15 |
| 1950 | #1,815 | 17 |
| 1949 | #1,820 | 17 |
| 1948 | #1,943 | 15 |
| 1947 | #1,646 | 21 |
| 1946 | #1,440 | 24 |
| 1945 | #1,406 | 22 |
| 1944 | #1,328 | 25 |
| 1943 | #1,577 | 20 |
| 1942 | #1,682 | 18 |
| 1941 | #1,997 | 13 |
| 1940 | #1,680 | 17 |
| 1939 | #1,219 | 29 |
| 1938 | #1,559 | 19 |
| 1937 | #1,313 | 26 |
| 1936 | #1,639 | 17 |
| 1935 | #1,584 | 19 |
| 1934 | #1,116 | 35 |
| 1933 | #1,051 | 38 |
| 1932 | #1,216 | 31 |
| 1931 | #983 | 45 |
| 1930 | #1,235 | 33 |
| 1929 | #1,094 | 40 |
| 1928 | #1,125 | 39 |
| 1927 | #1,112 | 41 |
| 1926 | #1,010 | 47 |
| 1925 | #1,108 | 40 |
| 1924 | #1,133 | 40 |
| 1923 | #1,114 | 41 |
| 1922 | #977 | 52 |
| 1921 | #1,140 | 39 |
| 1920 | #1,119 | 40 |
| 1919 | #1,034 | 43 |
| 1918 | #966 | 48 |
| 1917 | #1,113 | 36 |
| 1916 | #1,096 | 35 |
| 1915 | #906 | 47 |
| 1914 | #1,019 | 30 |
| 1913 | #1,112 | 21 |
| 1912 | #1,095 | 18 |
| 1911 | #925 | 13 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,155 | 7 |
| 1908 | #1,373 | 5 |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,002 | 7 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,013 | 6 |
| 1901 | #858 | 7 |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,057 | 5 |
| 1896 | #1,101 | 5 |
| 1895 | #529 | 15 |
| 1894 | #730 | 9 |
| 1893 | #907 | 6 |
| 1892 | #861 | 7 |
| 1891 | #635 | 9 |
| 1890 | #884 | 6 |
| 1889 | #974 | 5 |
| 1888 | #648 | 10 |
| 1887 | #819 | 6 |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | #866 | 5 |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Talmage! It came in at #866, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1886, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Talmage
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 252 spots in 1931 (#1,235 → #983)
- Biggest drop: 572 spots in 1896 (#529 → #1,101)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1895 at #529 (15 births)
- Births halved by 1896, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 1887–1895
- Highest: 1 in 7,826 boys born in 1895 were named Talmage (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 132,530 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 18.4% of all boys named Talmage (419) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 26 | #648 (1888) | #827 |
| 1890s | 62 | #529 (1895) | #838 |
| 1900s | 32 | #858 (1901) | #1,080 |
| 1910s | 291 | #906 (1915) | #1,030 |
| 1920s | 419 | #977 (1922) | #1,093 |
| 1930s | 292 | #983 (1931) | #1,292 |
| 1940s | 192 | #1,328 (1944) | #1,652 |
| 1950s | 128 | #1,815 (1950) | #2,293 |
| 1960s | 86 | #2,114 (1964) | #2,908 |
| 1970s | 60 | #3,282 (1970) | #4,195 |
| 1980s | 77 | #3,230 (1983) | #4,293 |
| 1990s | 90 | #4,280 (1995) | #6,408 |
| 2000s | 242 | #3,119 (2003) | #3,865 |
| 2010s | 228 | #3,596 (2016) | #4,599 |
| 2020s | 56 | #5,338 (2021) | #7,447 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Talmage in 1921
Top boys' names in 1921
More about 1921
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1,101,449 boys got a published name in 1921; 1 in 28,242 of them was named Talmage, which outranked 77.1% of the 4,985 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,122Ramiro40
- #1,122Refugio40
- #1,122Wayland40
- #1,140Talmage39
- #1,140Benson39
- #1,140Carmel39
- #1,140Casey39
- #1,159Archer38
- #1,159Aubry38
- #1,159Barry38
Tied with 18 names at #1,140; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.