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Talmadge vs Talynn

American parents have registered 5,671 Talmadges since 1880, against 727 Talynns. But in 2025 it was Talynn that was commoner, 10 babies to 8.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Births per year: Talmadge against Talynn, 1880 to 2025 0 50 100 150 200 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Talmadge Talynn

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 107 years and Talynn for 26 years. The lead changed hands once.

Side by side

  Talmadge Talynn
Total US births 5,671727
Most in one year 17342
Babies in 2025 810
Estimated living today 2,100720
Median age today 5914
Peak year 19332011
Best rank 411th boys3,659th girls
Rank in 2025 8,910th9,457th
First recorded 18861993
Girls / boys 36 / 5,635717 / 10

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 Talynns are over 14. That is 45 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

Where each one is strongest

How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.

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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Talmadge and Talynn.