Talmadge

Talmadge: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“from the tax collector's valley”
Origin
English
Say it
TAL-mij · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys

An English surname used as a given name, from a place-name often traced to Old English elements for a toll or tax and a valley. It is also spelled Talmage.

How popular is Talmadge?

20241.5 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Talmadge in 20245

Peak year1933

Total US babies since 18805,662

Talmadge is steady now but far below its 1933 peak.

Names like Talmadge

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

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Talmadge questions

What does the name Talmadge mean?

Talmadge means "from the tax collector's valley". It comes from English. An English surname used as a given name, from a place-name often traced to Old English elements for a toll or tax and a valley. It is also spelled Talmage.

Is Talmadge a boy or girl name?

Talmadge is mainly a boy's name in US records (99% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Talmadge?

5 US babies were named Talmadge in 2024. Its peak year was 1933.

How do you pronounce Talmadge?

Talmadge is usually pronounced TAL-mij.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.