Unisex name · since 1991
Tailer
193 babies named Tailer in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,214 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 193
- born since 1991
- 1990s
- peak decade
Tailer sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 193 recorded since 1991.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tailer has been recorded 193 times among girls since 1991, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 2006.
- #20,214 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 193 born since 1991
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tailer ranks #20,214 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 193 born since 1991, peaking in the 1990s.
- #20,214 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 193
- born since 1991
- 1990s
- peak decade
Tailer's 193 recorded births place it above 72.05% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tailer's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tailer's full recorded timeline at 1999, 39% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 61% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 2006, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1998 peak of 25 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tailer popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2006
- Peak year (1998)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Tailer popularity over time - boys
15 total births recorded since 1997 (Tailer as boys' name)
Tailer by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (127 births, 66% of the file).
1990s was Tailer's strongest decade.
127 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 66% of all-time use.
Tailer births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
127 births
- 2000s
2000s
66 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 127 births (66% of all-time use).
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- Tailer's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (127 total births) through the 2000s (66) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tailer: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~15 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1991–2006 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Tailer draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.