Taelor — #15807 US unisex name
2,235 babies named Taelor in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 10% of names given to girls today.
47% of everyone ever named Taelor was born in this single decade.
131 babies were named Taelor in 1999 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Taelor
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,235 babies named Taelor between 1983 and 2024, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Taelor currently holds the #15807 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 131 babies received it in a single year. Taelor is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 190 additional births since 1990.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Taelor performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,060 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Taelor shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 201 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Taelor in 20 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Taelor in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,235 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Taelor at a glance
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Current rank
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Taelor popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1983
- Peak year (1999)
- 131
- Annual births at peak — across 42 years of records
Currently ranks #15807 among girls.
2,235 total births across 42 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1999 with 131 births in a single year.
Taelor popularity over time — boys
190 total births recorded since 1990 (Taelor as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Taelor accounts for 8% of total recorded use across both genders.
Taelor by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 1,060 births that decade — 47% of Taelor's all-time total
Taelor decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,060 births
- Runner-up 749 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Taelor's strongest decade
1,060 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
Taelor by state
Where Taelor concentrates geographically — total births since 1983
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 201 | 9.0% |
| #2 | California | | 147 | 6.6% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 72 | 3.2% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 65 | 2.9% |
| #5 | Florida | | 55 | 2.5% |
| #6 | Missouri | | 43 | 1.9% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 38 | 1.7% |
| #8 | Utah | | 35 | 1.6% |
201 of 2,235 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 20 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 9.0% of nationwide
- California 6.6% of nationwide
- Ohio 3.2% of nationwide
- Michigan 2.9% of nationwide
- Florida 2.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 20 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 9.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Taelor appears in 20 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1983–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.