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Talon

#1,181 in 2025Boys' name

Heel

Talon has been given to 13,039 babies in the U.S. since 1975. In 2025 it ranked #1,181 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2006, with 661 recorded.

Babies named Talon, 2025

1 in 18,900

Talon over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020040060080018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Talon: meaning, origin, and history

Heel

English

What Talon means

Talon means “heel”, associated with talon.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

The surname derives from Old French talon (“heel”) as a nickname for a deformity, or for a swift runner; also diminutive of Talbot and Talleyrand. The modern given name is associated with English talon.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Talon (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Talon is used in English. Its origins include English.

Talon comes through Old French talon.

Talon is a modern formation.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Talbot.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 12,497 boys were recorded with the name Talon between 1975 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 661 in 2006; its best national rank was #426 in 2006.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #789 in 2020 to #1,181 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #614 in 2015 to #1,181 in 2025.

In the United States, 542 girls were recorded with the name Talon between 1985 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 27 in 1999; its best national rank was #4,294 in 1999.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #8,357 in 2020 to #13,052 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #10,078 in 2015 to #13,052 in 2025.

How common is Talon?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 18,900
175 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 9,760
0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,181
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
13,132 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Talon 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 2025 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 5003%

Put another way: gather 13,132 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Talon. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Talons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Talon was born before 2009 — so the typical Talon is around 16 today.

Median birth year
2009
About 16 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
35.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
79.1%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
12,497
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 35.7% of all recorded uses (4,457).

Is Talon 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
−135
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−392
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−567
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.40×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
26.5%
Peak was 2006 (661)
Years since peak
19
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
13.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#426
2006

Spellings of Talon

Talon is not the most common spelling — Jason is, with 30.5% against Talon's 0.36%.

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.

Where Talon is used

Across 2016–2025, Talon was most concentrated in Oklahoma — about 1 in 1,818 boys, against 1 in 6,102 across all states with data. It was least common in Maryland (1 in 50,000).

255 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Oklahoma1 in 1,818
  2. 2Hawaii1 in 2,381
  3. 3Idaho1 in 2,439
  4. 4Utah1 in 2,439
  5. 5Kentucky1 in 2,778
  6. 6Montana1 in 2,941
  7. 7Colorado1 in 3,125
  8. 8Washington1 in 3,571

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Geographically, Talon is somewhat regional — more concentrated than 53% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Talon around the world

Where Talon ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1999–2024
    #5,120
    in 2024
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #1,390
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1984–2013
    #499
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Talon by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,181
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 392
Best rank ever
#426
2006
Peak year
2006
661 that year
First recorded
1975
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
12,497
Count in 2025
175

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#13,052
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 4,695
Best rank ever
#4,294
1999
Peak year
1999
27 that year
First recorded
1985
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
542
Count in 2025
7

Names similar to Talon

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

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Names with a curve like Talon

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Talon, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

JacobyLondonDominikBrodieRohanXzavierKoleGiovaniKeaganColtenAlexzanderJovani

Sibling names for Talon

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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