Mostly girls · peaked in 1993
Taylor name popularity since 1925
441,454 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Taylor (74.8% girls, 25.2% boys). Half of them were born in 1997 or earlier, so the typical Taylor is about 29 years old in 2026. Taylor peaked in 1993 as the #7 name for girls, and it ranked #403 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 441,454
- Named Taylor, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #403
- for girls in 2025 (772 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 74.8% girls
- 330,145 girls · 111,309 boys
- Most popular in
- Nevada
- 1.97× its national share
Peak year is the year Taylor made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Taylor births per year, 1925–2025
1993 was the biggest year for Taylor both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1987 and 1992, Taylor became 8.3× more common, from 1 in 1,020 baby girls to 1 in 123.
- Steepest fall: Between 2020 and 2025, its share of baby girls fell by 56%, from 1 in 925 to 1 in 2,080.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Taylor's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Taylor.
Decade by decade
Babies named Taylor in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 448 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 730 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 772 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 32 | 866 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 94 | 961 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 626 | 2,238 | #2,276 |
| 1980s | 13,623 | 19,420 | #245 |
| 1990s | 169,040 | 58,408 | #6 |
| 2000s | 100,999 | 17,668 | #24 |
| 2010s | 38,221 | 7,150 | #77 |
| 2020–25 | 7,510 | 2,648 | #403 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
46.1% of babies named Taylor from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Taylor is most popular
The index compares Taylor's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Taylor.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Nevada | 1.97× | 3,107 |
| Utah | 1.86× | 7,007 |
| Idaho | 1.66× | 2,926 |
| Alaska | 1.65× | 1,085 |
| Wyoming | 1.63× | 976 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Taylor and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Taylor (this page) | 330,145 | 1993 |
| Tayler | 11,169 | 1993 |
| Taylar | 2,507 | 1998 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Taylor's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Taylor.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Taylor (1993).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data