Taylor

Where Taylor comes from

From tailor. Doublet of Tailor.
— Wiktionary's entry for Taylor
  • From a surname
  • 2 syllables
Taylor through the years
  1. 1951
    First appearance
    #4,385 among girls with 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 on, more girls have.
  4. 1992
    Taylor Lautner born
    American actor
  5. 1994
    Peak, #6
    20,734 babies named Taylor, its best rank.
  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.