Taylor

Where Taylor comes from

From tailor. Doublet of Tailor.
— Wiktionary's entry for Taylor
  • From a surname
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1951
    First appearance
    #4,385 among girls, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1989
    Taylor Swift born
    American singer-songwriter
  3. 1990
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  4. 1992
    Taylor Lautner born
    American actor
  5. 1994
    Peak, #6
    20,734 babies named Taylor — more than any year before or since.
  6. 2003
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #19.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name transferred from the surname; variant form Tayler.
Namesakes
  • Taylor Swift · American singer-songwriter, born 1989
  • Taylor Lautner · American actor, born 1992
  • Taylor Momsen · American actress, singer and model, born 1993
  • Taylor Hawkins · American drummer, 1972–2022
  • Taylor Schilling · American actress, born 1984

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.