NameTides

Talon

Talon was the #1,176 boys' name in the US in 2025 (175 babies), and #1,251 in Canada.

Talon as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Talon as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUS
Talon as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,176 (175)—#1,251 (19)
2024#1,045 (212)#5,120 (3)#1,353 (16)
2023#956 (236)#4,992 (3)#1,421 (14)
2022#933 (247)#3,450 (5)#1,237 (17)
2021#796 (308)#4,789 (3)#997 (23)
2020#788 (295)#3,848 (4)#778 (31)
2019#702 (356)—#882 (26)
2018#751 (314)#3,959 (4)#993 (22)
2017#754 (312)—#845 (28)
2016#647 (408)#3,079 (6)#911 (25)
2015#613 (438)#3,908 (4)#513 (55)
2014#557 (495)#4,632 (3)#610 (44)
2013#495 (552)#3,315 (5)#535 (50)
2012#513 (513)#2,117 (10)#587 (43)
2011#516 (500)#2,892 (6)#634 (39)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2006 at #426.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1975.

How common is it?

about 1 in 9,800 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 9,800uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 8,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Talon is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 11,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 9,700 to 1 in 12,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Talon by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #737WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,280ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,760NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #940OHPennsylvania: #742PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,687CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: #708KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #672AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #777TNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #698OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: #522MSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,350GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,135TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Talon (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
TalonCanadaGirls—too few
TalonCanadaBoys#1,25119
TalonEngland & WalesBoys—too few
TalonUSGirls#11,9327
TalonUSBoys#1,176175