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Talicia vs Talon

American parents have registered 13,039 Talons since 1880, against 542 Talicias. Talon is still ahead, with 182 babies in 2025.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Births per year: Talicia against Talon, 1880 to 2025 0 200 400 600 800 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Talicia Talon

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 55 years in which either name was published, Talon for 46 years and Talicia for 9 years. The lead changed hands 3 times.

Side by side

  Talicia Talon
Total US births 54213,039
Most in one year 25679
Babies in 2025 under 5182
Estimated living today 53013,000
Median age today 3416
Peak year 19912006
Best rank 4,059th girls426th boys
Rank in 2025 unranked1,176th
First recorded 19651975
Girls / boys 542 / 0542 / 12,497

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 Talicias alive today are over 34; half the Talons are over 16. That is 18 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: Talicia and Talon.