Tailey — girls' name
67 babies named Tailey in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
48% of everyone ever named Tailey was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Tailey in 2001 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tailey
The Social Security Administration has registered 67 babies named Tailey between 2000 and 2020, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tailey currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tailey performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 32 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Tailey shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tailey 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 67 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.
Tailey at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tailey popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–2000
- Peak year (2001)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
67 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2001 with 11 births in a single year.
Tailey by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 32 births that decade — 48% of Tailey's all-time total
Tailey decade highlights
- Peak decade 32 births
- Runner-up 30 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Tailey's strongest decade
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
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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, 2000–2020 (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.