Name profile

Talon

A name meaning "talon, claw".

Usage languagesEnglish
US rank (2025)#1,176

Meaning and history

This name comes from the English word meaning “talon” or “claw,” ultimately derived through Norman French from Latin talus, meaning “anklebone.”

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: 661 births, rank #426
2007: 640 births, rank #436
2008: 593 births, rank #465
2009: 638 births, rank #439
2010: 569 births, rank #463
20112011: 500 births, rank #516
2012: 513 births, rank #513
2013: 552 births, rank #495
2014: 495 births, rank #557
2015: 438 births, rank #613
20162016: 408 births, rank #647
2017: 312 births, rank #754
2018: 314 births, rank #751
2019: 356 births, rank #702
2020: 295 births, rank #788
20212021: 308 births, rank #796
2022: 247 births, rank #933
2023: 236 births, rank #956
2024: 212 births, rank #1,045
20252025: 175 births, rank #1,176

Talon moved from #933 to #958 for boys between 2022 and 2023. Its highest annual birth count came in 2006, with 661 births.