Tallen
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Tallen is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “heel”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Tallen mean?
English: spelling of Talon
“heel”
A male given name from English of modern usage.
Meaning borrowed from Talon. From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Tallen a girl's or a boy's name?
Tallen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tallen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Tallen, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 47 boys. It first appears in the records in 1987.
2025 had fewer boys named Tallen than any year since 2000.
Half of all the boys named Tallen in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 255 boys in the US were given Tallen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #854, up from #8,906 for this spelling alone.
Tallen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 23 | #4,326 |
| 2015 | 24 | #4,177 |
| 2014 | 22 | #4,389 |
| 2013 | 38 | #2,953 |
| 2012 | 22 | #4,387 |
| 2011 | 34 | #3,234 |
| 2010 | 29 | #3,632 |
| 2009 | 36 | #3,161 |
| 2008 | 30 | #3,558 |
| 2007 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2006 | 47 | #2,541 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
Names like Tallen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden Brayden Aiden Deacon Raiden Cannon Camden Boden Braylen Declan Hayden Ronan
Other spellings of Tallen
Names related to Tallen
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie
Sources
Figures from 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, “Tallen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tallen, updated 20 October 2026.