Talynn
A feminine name of modern English origin, a variant of Talina meaning "beautiful bud".
Name Census estimates that about 708 living Americans carry the first name Talynn. It is a predominantly female name (98.6% of registrations). The average person named Talynn today is around 16 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Talynn births was 2011 (42 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Talynn. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
708
~ 1 in 484,116 Americans
Peak year
2011
42 babies that year
Average age
16
years old
2015 SSA rank
#6,875
Tracked since 1993
Census
Talynn in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 545 people with the first name Talynn, which placed it at #19,414 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#19,414
National first-name rank
People counted
545
545 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.2
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
50.6% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Talynn
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Talynn is White at 50.6%. The next largest groups are Black (29.9%) and Two or More Races (8.4%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Talynn described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Talynn at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White50.6% · 276
- Black or African American29.9% · 163
- Two or more races8.4% · 46
- Hispanic or Latino7.0% · 38
- American Indian and Alaska Native2.4% · 13
- Asian and Pacific Islander1.7% · 9
Gender
Gender distribution for Talynn
Talynn leans heavily female at 98.6% of total registrations, but 10 boys have also been registered with the name over the years, giving it a small but present crossover presence.
Talynn as a male name
- Ranked #13,812 in 2015
- 5 male births in 2015
- Peak: 2008 (5 births)
Talynn as a female name
- Ranked #6,875 in 2024
- 17 female births in 2024
- Peak: 2011 (42 births)
2020 Census snapshot
In the 2020 Census sex table, Talynn leans strongly female. 508 people counted with this name were female (92.9%), compared with 39 male bearers (7.1%).
Popularity
Talynn: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Talynn from the 1990s through to the 2020s, spanning 4 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 328 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 2010s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Talynn by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Talynn during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Talynns live
The SSA's state-level files cover 4 states and territories. Texas, Indiana, North Carolina recorded the most babies named Talynn, while Oklahoma, North Carolina, Indiana recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 11 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Talynn
The name Talynn is a modern variation of the Old English name Talewind, which dates back to the 8th century. It is derived from the Germanic elements "talu" meaning "story" or "tale" and "wind" meaning "friend" or "protector." The name was originally found in the Anglo-Saxon regions of what is now England.
One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Talewind can be found in the Codex Amiatinus, a 7th-century Latin manuscript of the Bible produced in Northumbria. The name appears in a list of monks who contributed to the creation of the manuscript.
In the 11th century, a variation of the name, Talwine, was recorded as the name of a monk who lived at the abbey of St. Albans in Hertfordshire, England. This suggests that the name was popular among religious figures during the Middle Ages.
The first person of note to bear the name Talynn was Talynn of Anjou, a 12th-century French noblewoman and courtier at the court of King Henry II of England. She was known for her poetry and patronage of the arts.
In the 13th century, there was a Talynn de Montfort, a knight who fought alongside Simon de Montfort during the Second Barons' War in England. He was killed at the Battle of Evesham in 1265.
During the Renaissance, a notable Talynn was Talynn Fiammetta, an Italian poet and philosopher born in 1390. She was a prominent figure in the literary circles of Florence and is best known for her work "Il Libro della Città delle Donne" (The Book of the City of Ladies).
In the 17th century, Talynn van der Meer was a Dutch Golden Age painter known for her still-life paintings and portraits. She was born in 1609 and worked in the traditional Dutch style of the time.
More recently, Talynn Bakker was a Dutch resistance fighter during World War II. Born in 1919, she was part of the underground movement and helped shelter Jewish families and Allied soldiers from the Nazis. She was awarded the Righteous Among the Nations honor by Yad Vashem for her bravery.
People
Talynn + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Talynn as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with T
Other first names starting with T with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Talynn: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Talynn?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 708 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Talynn going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 484,116 US residents.
Is Talynn a common name?
We classify Talynn as "Very Rare". It ranks above 87.7% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 716 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Talynn most popular?
The single biggest year for Talynn was 2011, when 42 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Talynn is about 16 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Talynn in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 545 people with the name Talynn, or 0.18 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #19,414 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Talynn in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Talynn?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Talynn leans strongly female. 508 people counted with this name were female (92.9%), compared with 39 male bearers (7.1%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Talynn?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Talynn is White at 50.6%. The next largest groups are Black (29.9%) and Two or More Races (8.4%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Talynn most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Talynn in the 2020 Census, accounting for 50.6% (276 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Talynn in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Talynn a female name?
Yes, 98.6% of people registered as Talynn in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Talynn still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Talynn in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Talynn can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many Americans are named Talynn?
For a quick modern estimate, our sister site HowManyOfMe.org answers that in one glance, with the living-bearer count front and centre.