Masculine dossier · first seen 1881

Talmage

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Talmage
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1922

Peak era

1922

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1881Peak 19222024

Peak year

1922

Decline from peak

75%

2024

All-time

2,281

Talmage is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1922, when 52 boys were named Talmage.

In 2024, only 13 boys were given the name.

Down 75% from its peak.

All told, about 2,281 Americans have been named Talmage and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1881.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1922

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