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Talbot

Boys' name

Bandit

Talbot has been given to 461 babies in the U.S. since 1913. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1969, with 14 recorded.

Babies named Talbot, 2020

1 in 557,000

Talbot over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Talbot: meaning, origin, and history

Bandit

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Talbot means

Talbot means “bandit”, associated with talebot.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From Middle English talbot, from Old French talebot (“bandit”); a Norman nickname applied to robbers who blackened their faces to avoid recognition, from Old High German *Talbald (personal name), from Old High German tal (“valley, dale”) + bald (“bold, courageous”).

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Origin, language, and formation

Talbot is used in English.

Talbot comes through Middle English talbot, Old French talebot, Old High German *Talbald and Old High German tal.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Talbot is pronounced /ˈtɔːlbət/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 450 boys were recorded with the name Talbot between 1913 and 2020. Its highest annual count was 14 in 1969; its best national rank was #2,253 in 1942.

In the United States, 11 girls were recorded with the name Talbot between 2002 and 2008. Its highest annual count was 6 in 2002; its best national rank was #15,196 in 2002.

How common is Talbot?

Talbot had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2020, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2020
1 in 557,000
6 of 3,342,313 births
Among boys only
1 in 288,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2020
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
386,120 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Talbot sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2020 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 386,120 children born in 2020 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Talbot. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Talbots were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Talbot was born before 1964 — so the typical Talbot is around 61 today.

Median birth year
1964
About 61 years old
Biggest decade
1960s
16.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
20.9%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
285
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1960s — 16.9% of all recorded uses (76).

Is Talbot rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1969 (14)
Years since peak
56
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
29.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,253
1942

Spellings of Talbot

Talbot is not the most common spelling — Talon is, with 80.2% against Talbot's 2.9%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Talbot by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#2,253
1942
Peak year
1969
14 that year
First recorded
1913
Last recorded
2020
All-time count
450
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#15,196
2002
Peak year
2002
6 that year
First recorded
2002
Last recorded
2008
All-time count
11
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Talbot

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Talbot

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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