Talen
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- TAL-en
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #4,538 for boys
Talen is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,538th for boys in the US (22 babies).
Where does Talen come from?
Modern: probably a variant of Talon
Is Talen a girl's or a boy's name?
Talen is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Talen in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2023, with 1 girls.
How popular is Talen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,538among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 78,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 22 boys in the US were named Talen, making it the 4,538th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,200th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 216 boys. It first appears in the records in 1982.
2025 had fewer boys named Talen than any year since 1998.
Half of all the boys named Talen in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 255 boys in the US were given Talen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #854, up from #4,538 for this spelling alone.
In 2014, 9% of the babies named Talen in the US were girls.
Talen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #4,538 |
| 2024 | 33 | #3,453 |
| 2023 | 32 | #3,564 |
| 2022 | 32 | #3,531 |
| 2021 | 38 | #3,120 |
| 2020 | 35 | #3,200 |
| 2019 | 53 | #2,490 |
| 2018 | 42 | #2,847 |
| 2017 | 29 | #3,674 |
| 2016 | 41 | #2,884 |
| 2015 | 58 | #2,275 |
| 2014 | 70 | #2,016 |
| 2013 | 80 | #1,793 |
| 2012 | 94 | #1,636 |
| 2011 | 93 | #1,635 |
| 2010 | 119 | #1,399 |
| 2009 | 117 | #1,433 |
| 2008 | 136 | #1,276 |
| 2007 | 197 | #990 |
| 2006 | 216 | #901 |
| 2005 | 79 | #1,688 |
| 2004 | 36 | #2,839 |
| 2003 | 31 | #3,040 |
| 2002 | 29 | #3,091 |
| 2001 | 42 | #2,342 |
| 2000 | 27 | #3,144 |
| 1999 | 28 | #2,935 |
| 1998 | 18 | #3,845 |
| 1997 | 22 | #3,256 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,390 |
| 1995 | 16 | #3,848 |
| 1994 | 23 | #3,024 |
| 1993 | 14 | #4,220 |
| 1992 | 17 | #3,597 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
Names like Talen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eden Teagan Raelynn Tegan Aoibheann Heaven Eireann Sennen Arwen Rowan Ocean Erin
Other spellings of Talen
Names related to Talen
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Talen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/talen, updated 20 October 2026.