Talmadge is a boy name with a rare feel, drawn from real birth records. Below you'll find what Talmadge means and where it comes from, plus how many babies have been named Talmadge across the United States, UK, Ireland and New Zealand, how popular Talmadge has been over the decades, and the year it peaked.
Talmadge is a boy name of Old English origin meaning “tail-end of the lake”. An English place-name surname used as a given name.
| Country | Births on record |
|---|---|
| United States since 1880 | 5,671 births |
Counts come from official national birth-registration statistics: U.S. Social Security Administration, England & Wales (Office for National Statistics), Scotland (National Records of Scotland), Northern Ireland (NISRA), Ireland (Central Statistics Office) and New Zealand (Dept. of Internal Affairs). Coverage spans differ, so totals aren't directly comparable across countries.
Babies named Talmadge per year, United States (1886 to 2025). United States peaked in 1933 (173/yr).
Talmadge has been a fairly common baby name in the United States. It was most common in 1933, when it ranked #881 nationally (given to 173 babies that year).
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