Talen Boy
How popular is Talen?
#4,538 boy name in 2025
22 baby boys were named Talen in the US in 2025, making it the 4538th most popular boy name.
Talen popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #4,538 for boys (▼ 1085 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 22 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-62% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,275 in 2015, #3,200 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2006 (216 boys) |
| Highest rank | #901 in 2006 |
| First recorded | 1982 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Talen counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Talon family of names ranked #604 for boys in 2025 (#558 the year before), with 439 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Talon | 175 | 40% |
| Taylen | 138 | 31% |
| Talan | 34 | 8% |
| Talen | 22 | 5% |
| Taylon | 24 | 5% |
| Taylan | 22 | 5% |
| Tallon | 10 | 2% |
| Tallen | 8 | 2% |
| Talin | 6 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Talen is most popular
Babies named Talen per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- North Carolina: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (7 boys)
Talen by decade
Boy names about as popular as Talen
Questions
- Is Talen a boy or girl name?
- Talen is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Talen were boys.
- How popular is the name Talen?
- 22 baby boys were named Talen in the US in 2025, making it the 4538th most popular boy name.
- When was Talen most popular?
- Talen peaked in 2006, when 216 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #901 in 2006.
- How many people are named Talen?
- 2,026 babies have been named Talen in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,001 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 18.
- Where is Talen most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Talen was most common in North Carolina, at 0.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.