Talmage
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TAL-mij
- Origin
- English
Talmage is a boys' name of English origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Talmage mean?
English: English surname of uncertain origin
James E. Talmage, a Latter-day Saint apostle, wrote the influential book Jesus the Christ (1915).
Is Talmage a girl's or a boy's name?
Talmage is a boys' name.
How popular is Talmage in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1922, with 52 boys. It first appears in the records in 1881.
Half of all the boys named Talmage in the US since 1880 were born between 1923 and 1995, the years shaded on the chart below.
Talmage in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 20 | #4,742 |
| 2016 | 30 | #3,595 |
| 2015 | 23 | #4,293 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 28 | #3,659 |
| 2012 | 27 | #3,804 |
| 2011 | 29 | #3,604 |
| 2010 | 26 | #3,893 |
| 2009 | 30 | #3,549 |
| 2008 | 28 | #3,741 |
| 2007 | 28 | #3,685 |
| 2006 | 22 | #4,219 |
| 2005 | 28 | #3,443 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,788 |
| 2003 | 30 | #3,114 |
| 2002 | 19 | #4,182 |
| 2001 | 20 | #3,968 |
| 2000 | 20 | #3,916 |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,336 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,274 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 10 | #4,233 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,802 |
| 1984 | 10 | #3,922 |
| 1983 | 13 | #3,229 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,599 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,722 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 8 | #3,656 |
| 1970 | 9 | #3,280 |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,313 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 9 | #2,783 |
| 1965 | 8 | #2,980 |
| 1964 | 15 | #2,113 |
| 1963 | 9 | #2,857 |
| 1962 | 10 | #2,671 |
| 1961 | 15 | #2,147 |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,335 |
| 1959 | 11 | #2,529 |
| 1958 | 11 | #2,504 |
| 1957 | 11 | #2,492 |
| 1956 | 8 | #2,967 |
| 1955 | 13 | #2,218 |
| 1954 | 17 | #1,886 |
| 1953 | 10 | #2,530 |
| 1952 | 15 | #2,009 |
| 1951 | 15 | #1,971 |
| 1950 | 17 | #1,814 |
| 1949 | 17 | #1,819 |
| 1948 | 15 | #1,942 |
| 1947 | 21 | #1,645 |
| 1946 | 24 | #1,439 |
| 1945 | 22 | #1,405 |
| 1944 | 25 | #1,327 |
| 1943 | 20 | #1,576 |
| 1942 | 18 | #1,682 |
| 1941 | 13 | #1,997 |
| 1940 | 17 | #1,680 |
| 1939 | 29 | #1,219 |
| 1938 | 19 | #1,559 |
| 1937 | 26 | #1,313 |
| 1936 | 17 | #1,639 |
| 1935 | 19 | #1,584 |
| 1934 | 35 | #1,116 |
| 1933 | 38 | #1,051 |
| 1932 | 31 | #1,216 |
| 1931 | 45 | #983 |
| 1930 | 33 | #1,235 |
| 1929 | 40 | #1,094 |
| 1928 | 39 | #1,125 |
| 1927 | 41 | #1,112 |
| 1926 | 47 | #1,010 |
| 1925 | 40 | #1,108 |
| 1924 | 40 | #1,133 |
| 1923 | 41 | #1,114 |
| 1922 | 52 | #977 |
| 1921 | 39 | #1,140 |
| 1920 | 40 | #1,119 |
| 1919 | 43 | #1,034 |
| 1918 | 48 | #966 |
| 1917 | 36 | #1,113 |
| 1916 | 35 | #1,096 |
| 1915 | 47 | #906 |
| 1914 | 30 | #1,019 |
| 1913 | 21 | #1,112 |
| 1912 | 18 | #1,095 |
| 1911 | 13 | #924 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,155 |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,372 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,001 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,012 |
| 1901 | 7 | #857 |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,056 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,100 |
| 1895 | 15 | #529 |
| 1894 | 9 | #729 |
| 1893 | 6 | #906 |
| 1892 | 7 | #860 |
| 1891 | 9 | #635 |
| 1890 | 6 | #884 |
| 1889 | 5 | #973 |
| 1888 | 10 | #648 |
| 1887 | 6 | #819 |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 5 | #865 |
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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, “Talmage: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/talmage, updated 20 October 2026.