Taylor
Taylor is a unisex name: 772 girls and 398 boys were given it in 2025 (#403 among girls’ names and #685 among boys’, #566 among all names counting both); 443,686 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026). Girls have outnumbered boys among babies named Taylor every year since 1990.
An estimated 431,000 Americans named Taylor and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (97% of everyone recorded); the median is 29 years old and half are between 22 and 33.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Taylor by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Taylor mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Taylor is “a unisex given name transferred from the surname; variant form Tayler.”
From tailor. Doublet of Tailor.
/ˈteɪ.lɚ/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Taylor?
#403 among girls’ names, 2025
Taylor fell from #77 in 2015 to #403 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 2.1 to 0.48 per 1,000.
28,958 babies in 1993, the peak
Taylor peaked in 1993, when 28,958 babies were given it (21,270 girls, #7 among girls’ names). The 1,170 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 4% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 772 | #403 | 398 | #685 |
| 2024 | 879 | #353 | 412 | #667 |
| 2023 | 1,195 | #260 | 486 | #590 |
| 2022 | 1,371 | #216 | 454 | #617 |
| 2021 | 1,545 | #192 | 431 | #642 |
| 2020 | 1,748 | #162 | 467 | #593 |
| 2019 | 2,048 | #135 | 465 | #596 |
| 2018 | 2,500 | #121 | 535 | #530 |
| 2017 | 2,705 | #113 | 577 | #505 |
| 2016 | 3,281 | #89 | 646 | #475 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3,756 | #77 | 658 | #462 |
| 2014 | 3,818 | #77 | 700 | #432 |
| 2013 | 4,145 | #59 | 825 | #372 |
| 2012 | 4,873 | #46 | 887 | #348 |
| 2011 | 5,195 | #44 | 901 | #336 |
| 2010 | 5,900 | #37 | 956 | #327 |
| 2009 | 7,590 | #22 | 1,093 | #298 |
| 2008 | 8,344 | #22 | 1,368 | #256 |
| 2007 | 7,965 | #24 | 1,432 | #249 |
| 2006 | 8,566 | #23 | 1,630 | #221 |
| 2005 | 8,676 | #24 | 1,576 | #222 |
| 2004 | 9,303 | #22 | 1,613 | #216 |
| 2003 | 10,314 | #19 | 1,829 | #202 |
| 2002 | 11,468 | #18 | 1,964 | #191 |
| 2001 | 13,693 | #12 | 2,309 | #165 |
| 2000 | 15,080 | #10 | 2,854 | #136 |
| 1999 | 16,906 | #8 | 3,071 | #120 |
| 1998 | 18,576 | #7 | 3,581 | #104 |
| 1997 | 19,504 | #7 | 4,333 | #87 |
| 1996 | 19,155 | #6 | 4,798 | #82 |
| 1995 | 20,426 | #6 | 5,521 | #69 |
| 1994 | 20,734 | #6 | 6,626 | #54 |
| 1993 | 21,270 | #7 | 7,688 | #51 |
| 1992 | 14,954 | #17 | 8,239 | #52 |
| 1991 | 10,253 | #32 | 7,972 | #52 |
| 1990 | 7,262 | #46 | 6,579 | #64 |
| 1989 | 4,069 | #75 | 4,859 | #72 |
| 1988 | 2,801 | #102 | 3,492 | #91 |
| 1987 | 1,705 | #164 | 2,433 | #117 |
| 1986 | 1,215 | #218 | 2,033 | #136 |
| 1985 | 1,052 | #245 | 1,794 | #153 |
| 1984 | 868 | #278 | 1,416 | #180 |
| 1983 | 686 | #336 | 1,055 | #218 |
| 1982 | 604 | #380 | 948 | #244 |
| 1981 | 388 | #511 | 774 | #273 |
| 1980 | 235 | #715 | 616 | #311 |
| 1979 | 149 | #969 | 448 | #381 |
| 1978 | 123 | #1,077 | 342 | #431 |
| 1977 | 122 | #1,071 | 319 | #449 |
| 1976 | 68 | #1,522 | 240 | #521 |
| 1975 | 37 | #2,276 | 182 | #603 |
| 1974 | 39 | #2,129 | 181 | #594 |
| 1973 | 27 | #2,676 | 137 | #682 |
| 1972 | 20 | #3,263 | 128 | #712 |
| 1971 | 22 | #3,148 | 142 | #698 |
| 1970 | 19 | #3,426 | 119 | #756 |
| 1969 | 18 | #3,304 | 116 | #726 |
| 1968 | 9 | #5,102 | 133 | #658 |
| 1967 | 14 | #3,635 | 80 | #813 |
| 1966 | 11 | #4,173 | 88 | #777 |
| 1965 | under 5 | 81 | #825 | |
| 1964 | 14 | #3,679 | 87 | #810 |
| 1963 | 5 | #7,539 | 91 | #798 |
| 1962 | 6 | #6,495 | 87 | #815 |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,786 | 105 | #753 |
| 1960 | 10 | #4,420 | 93 | #796 |
| 1959 | under 5 | 103 | #750 | |
| 1958 | 6 | #6,034 | 96 | #758 |
| 1957 | 8 | #4,876 | 87 | #810 |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,891 | 78 | #852 |
| 1955 | under 5 | 78 | #834 | |
| 1954 | 5 | #6,534 | 83 | #792 |
| 1953 | under 5 | 89 | #756 | |
| 1952 | under 5 | 102 | #693 | |
| 1951 | 7 | #4,781 | 67 | #855 |
| 1950 | under 5 | 83 | #756 | |
| 1949 | under 5 | 97 | #696 | |
| 1948 | under 5 | 86 | #727 | |
| 1947 | under 5 | 84 | #751 | |
| 1946 | under 5 | 78 | #752 | |
| 1945 | under 5 | 72 | #727 | |
| 1944 | under 5 | 60 | #813 | |
| 1943 | under 5 | 84 | #702 | |
| 1942 | under 5 | 67 | #790 | |
| 1941 | under 5 | 71 | #738 | |
| 1940 | under 5 | 73 | #715 | |
| 1939 | under 5 | 65 | #752 | |
| 1938 | under 5 | 75 | #709 | |
| 1937 | under 5 | 85 | #647 | |
| 1936 | under 5 | 64 | #765 | |
| 1935 | under 5 | 86 | #640 | |
| 1934 | under 5 | 72 | #723 | |
| 1933 | under 5 | 71 | #728 | |
| 1932 | under 5 | 79 | #696 | |
| 1931 | under 5 | 55 | #867 | |
| 1930 | under 5 | 78 | #708 | |
| 1929 | under 5 | 91 | #647 | |
| 1928 | under 5 | 90 | #662 | |
| 1927 | under 5 | 84 | #712 | |
| 1926 | under 5 | 96 | #647 | |
| 1925 | under 5 | 87 | #695 | |
| 1924 | under 5 | 124 | #576 | |
| 1923 | under 5 | 94 | #664 | |
| 1922 | under 5 | 93 | #673 | |
| 1921 | under 5 | 109 | #608 | |
| 1920 | under 5 | 108 | #608 | |
| 1919 | under 5 | 119 | #549 | |
| 1918 | under 5 | 137 | #514 | |
| 1917 | under 5 | 119 | #536 | |
| 1916 | under 5 | 101 | #573 | |
| 1915 | under 5 | 107 | #541 | |
| 1914 | under 5 | 89 | #524 | |
| 1913 | under 5 | 73 | #508 | |
| 1912 | under 5 | 57 | #530 | |
| 1911 | under 5 | 45 | #440 | |
| 1910 | under 5 | 35 | #471 | |
| 1909 | under 5 | 35 | #426 | |
| 1908 | under 5 | 22 | #552 | |
| 1907 | under 5 | 25 | #471 | |
| 1906 | under 5 | 26 | #441 | |
| 1905 | under 5 | 30 | #391 | |
| 1904 | under 5 | 31 | #366 | |
| 1903 | under 5 | 20 | #484 | |
| 1902 | under 5 | 20 | #485 | |
| 1901 | under 5 | 25 | #378 | |
| 1900 | under 5 | 48 | #304 | |
| 1899 | under 5 | 27 | #354 | |
| 1898 | under 5 | 26 | #392 | |
| 1897 | under 5 | 32 | #330 | |
| 1896 | under 5 | 32 | #335 | |
| 1895 | under 5 | 26 | #381 | |
| 1894 | under 5 | 22 | #410 | |
| 1893 | under 5 | 26 | #357 | |
| 1892 | under 5 | 29 | #355 | |
| 1891 | under 5 | 22 | #374 | |
| 1890 | under 5 | 22 | #384 | |
| 1889 | under 5 | 28 | #337 | |
| 1888 | under 5 | 29 | #346 | |
| 1887 | under 5 | 20 | #375 | |
| 1886 | under 5 | 22 | #381 | |
| 1885 | under 5 | 26 | #343 | |
| 1884 | under 5 | 21 | #397 | |
| 1883 | under 5 | 27 | #322 | |
| 1882 | under 5 | 27 | #346 | |
| 1881 | under 5 | 39 | #256 | |
| 1880 | under 5 | 37 | #279 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Taylor a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 443,686 Americans recorded as Taylor, 74% are girls and 26% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Taylor: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Taylor, and how old are they?
431,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 97% of the 443,686 Americans ever recorded as Taylor. The median Taylor alive today is 29 years old; half are between 22 and 33.
The 2020 Census counted 389,216 people named Taylor (293,715 women and girls, 95,501 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 423,859 born in the U.S. The Census count is 8% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 251 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,170 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 3,880 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 188,000 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 201,000 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 36,600 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Taylor born?
The states with the most babies named Taylor are California, Texas and Florida, with 26% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 107 | #479 | 0.6× |
| Texas | 98 | #499 | 0.9× |
| Florida | 79 | #350 | 1.0× |
| New York | 51 | #517 | 0.6× |
| Ohio | 49 | #322 | 1.1× |
| Georgia | 49 | #417 | 1.3× |
| North Carolina | 49 | #310 | 1.2× |
| Illinois | 47 | #354 | 0.8× |
| Pennsylvania | 36 | #427 | 0.9× |
| Arizona | 34 | #316 | 0.9× |
Where Taylor is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Taylor is most over-represented in Georgia: since 1910 it was given 1.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Taylor with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 465,164 babies since 1880, Taylor is the most given (95% of them). In 2025 it was given to 1,170 of their 1,228 babies (95%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
More about Taylor and names like it
- Compare Taylor and TaylerBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1990sTaylor peaked in 1993.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Taylor since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Taylor: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1993The year the most babies were named Taylor.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Taylor alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with TMost given first.