Talena vs Talmadge
American parents have registered 5,671 Talmadges since 1880, against 927 Talenas. Talmadge is still ahead, with 8 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Talena Talmadge
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 133 years in which either name was published, Talmadge for 115 years and Talena for 18 years. The lead changed hands 18 times.
- 1886–1997 Talmadge ahead, apart from one short spell
- 2003–2009 Talena ahead
- 2010–2025 Talmadge ahead, apart from one short spell
14 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Talena | Talmadge | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 927 | 5,671 |
| Most in one year | 38 | 173 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | 8 |
| Estimated living today | 890 | 2,100 |
| Median age today | 39 | 59 |
| Peak year | 1976 | 1933 |
| Best rank | 2,210th girls | 411th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | 8,910th |
| First recorded | 1960 | 1886 |
| Girls / boys | 927 / 0 | 36 / 5,635 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Talmadges alive today are over 59; half the Talenas are over 39. That is 20 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Talena and Talmadge.