Girls' name · since 1999
Tayleigh
402 babies named Tayleigh in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,479 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,179 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 402
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Tayleigh is the #9179 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 402 recorded since 1999.
Tayleigh has 402 recorded births among girls since 1999, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9179 as of the latest data, more common than 47% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2025.
- #13,479 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,179 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 402 born since 1999
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tayleigh ranks #13,479 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,179 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 402 born since 1999, peaking in the 2010s.
- #13,479 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,179 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 402
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Tayleigh's 402 recorded births place it above 81.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Tayleigh compares
402 Top 49% higher than 51% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Tayleigh's all-time total is 7% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Tayleigh | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 402 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 23 | 21 | 19,840 |
Tayleigh's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Tayleigh splits its recorded history at 2013: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2006 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2011 peak of 23 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Tayleigh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2011)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Tayleigh by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (204 births, 51% of the file).
2010s was Tayleigh's strongest decade.
204 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Tayleigh births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
105 births
- 2010s
2010s
204 births
- 2020s
2020s
87 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 204 births (51% of all-time use).
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- Tayleigh's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (204 total births) through the 2020s (87) -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Tayleigh: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1999–2025 (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 Tayleigh 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.