Unisex name · since 1951
Taylor
330,145 babies named Taylor in U.S. Social Security records since 1951, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #119 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #403 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 330,145
- born since 1951
- 1990s
- peak decade
Taylor currently ranks #403 among unisex names in America, with 330,145 babies recorded since 1951.
Taylor has 330,145 recorded births among girls since 1951, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #403 as of the latest data, more common than 98% of girls, 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 1951 to 2025.
- #119 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #403 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 330,145 born since 1951
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Taylor ranks #119 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #403 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 330,145 born since 1951, peaking in the 1990s.
- #119 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #403 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 330,145
- born since 1951
- 1990s
- peak decade
Taylor's 330,145 recorded births place it above 99.83% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Taylor compares
330,145 Top 1% higher than 99% 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
Taylor's all-time total is 878x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Taylor | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 330,145 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 21,270 | 21 | 19,840 |
Taylor's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Taylor's full recorded timeline at 1991, 93% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 7% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1954, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1993 peak of 21,270 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Taylor popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1951–2025
- Peak year (1993)
- 21,270
- Annual births at peak, across 75 years of records
Taylor popularity over time - boys
113,541 total births recorded since 1880 (Taylor as boys' name)
Taylor by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (169,040 births, 51% of the file).
1990s was Taylor's strongest decade.
169,040 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Taylor births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 32
1950s
32 births
- 1960s 94
1960s
94 births
- 1970s 626
1970s
626 births
- 1980s 13,623
1980s
13,623 births
- 1990s
1990s
169,040 births
- 2000s
2000s
100,999 births
- 2010s 38,221
2010s
38,221 births
- 2020s 7,510
2020s
7,510 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 169,040 births (51% of all-time use).
How Taylor 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 Taylor's total volume
Taylor by state
Where Taylor concentrates geographically, total births since 1951
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 27,592 | 8.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 24,528 | 7.4% |
| #3 | Florida | | 17,278 | 5.2% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 17,248 | 5.2% |
| #5 | New York | | 14,975 | 4.5% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 13,896 | 4.2% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 13,472 | 4.1% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 13,322 | 4.0% |
27,592 of 330,145 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Taylor appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Taylor's data
- Taylor's decade-level peak was the 1990s (169,040 total births); usage has since declined to 7,510 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Taylors (27,592 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Taylor: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~74 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, 1951–2025 (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 Taylor 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.