Unisex name · since 1988
Tailor
970 babies named Tailor in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #7,673 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 970
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
Tailor is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 970 have been recorded since 1988.
Tailor has 970 recorded births among girls since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2024.
- #7,673 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 970 born since 1988
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tailor ranks #7,673 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 970 born since 1988, peaking in the 1990s.
- #7,673 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 970
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
Tailor's 970 recorded births place it above 89.39% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
Tailor's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tailor's full recorded timeline at 2005, 28% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 72% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1988, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1997 peak of 71 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tailor popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2024
- Peak year (1997)
- 71
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Tailor popularity over time - boys
161 total births recorded since 1989 (Tailor as boys' name)
Tailor by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (507 births, 52% of the file).
1990s was Tailor's strongest decade.
507 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Tailor births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 14
1980s
14 births
- 1990s
1990s
507 births
- 2000s
2000s
323 births
- 2010s 107
2010s
107 births
- 2020s 19
2020s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 507 births (52% of all-time use).
How Tailor compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Tailor's total volume
Tailor by state
Where Tailor concentrates geographically, total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 56 | 5.8% |
| #2 | California | | 22 | 2.3% |
| #3 | Oklahoma | | 17 | 1.8% |
| #4 | Tennessee | | 17 | 1.8% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 15 | 1.5% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 12 | 1.2% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 10 | 1.0% |
| #8 | Washington | | 7 | 0.7% |
56 of 970 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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- Tailor's decade-level peak was the 1990s (507 total births); usage has since declined to 19 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Tailors (56 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tailor: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~36 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, 1988–2024 (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 Tailor 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.