Girls' name · since 1993
Taiylor
Taiylor has 272 recorded births since 1993 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1998 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,792 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 272
- born since 1993
- 2000s
- peak decade
272 girls have been named Taiylor since 1993, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Taiylor has 272 recorded births among girls since 1993, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2010.
- #16,792 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 272 born since 1993
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Taiylor ranks #16,792 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 272 born since 1993, peaking in the 2000s.
- #16,792 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 272
- born since 1993
- 2000s
- peak decade
Taiylor's 272 recorded births place it above 76.78% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Taiylor's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Taiylor's SSA record in two at 2002 and the more recent half accounts for 44% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 56%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1995, with only 8 births recorded -- set against the 1998 peak of 31, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Taiylor popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2010
- Peak year (1998)
- 31
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Taiylor by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (148 births, 54% of the file).
2000s was Taiylor's strongest decade.
148 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Taiylor births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
114 births
- 2000s
2000s
148 births
- 2010s 10
2010s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 148 births (54% of all-time use).
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- Taiylor's decade-level peak was the 2000s (148 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Taiylor: 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 (~17 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, 1993–2010 (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 Taiylor 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.