Tayla — #2725 US girls' name
5,432 babies named Tayla in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 85% of names given to girls today.
37% of everyone ever named Tayla was born in this single decade.
285 babies were named Tayla in 2006 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tayla
The Social Security Administration has registered 5,432 babies named Tayla between 1976 and 2024, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tayla currently holds the #2725 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 285 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tayla performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 2,023 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Tayla shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Massachusetts, which accounts for 443 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Tayla in 38 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tayla 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 5,432 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.
Tayla at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Tayla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1976
- Peak year (2006)
- 285
- Annual births at peak — across 49 years of records
Currently ranks #2725 among girls.
5,432 total births across 49 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 285 births in a single year.
Tayla by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 2,023 births that decade — 37% of Tayla's all-time total
Tayla decade highlights
- Peak decade 2,023 births
- Runner-up 1,592 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Tayla's strongest decade
2,023 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
Tayla by state
Where Tayla concentrates geographically — total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Massachusetts | | 443 | 8.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 272 | 5.0% |
| #3 | California | | 268 | 4.9% |
| #4 | Florida | | 225 | 4.1% |
| #5 | New York | | 199 | 3.7% |
| #6 | Louisiana | | 185 | 3.4% |
| #7 | Rhode Island | | 155 | 2.9% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 111 | 2.0% |
443 of 5,432 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 38 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Massachusetts 8.2% of nationwide
- Texas 5.0% of nationwide
- California 4.9% of nationwide
- Florida 4.1% of nationwide
- New York 3.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 38 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Massachusetts accounts for 8.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Tayla appears in 38 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, 1976–2024 (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.