Taylor

#403 for girls in 2025, 772 births · #683 for boys in 2025, 398 births
Given to girls 74.4% of the time

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Peak · girls
1994 · 20,734 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
28 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
330,145
since 1951

Taylor over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201918peak #6, 1994peak #51, 1993girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#403772#683398
2024#353879#665412
2023#2601,195#589486
2022#2161,371#616454
2021#1921,545#639431
2020#1621,748#593467
2019#1352,048#595465
2018#1212,500#530535
2017#1132,705#502577
2016#893,281#475646
2015#773,756#462658
2014#773,818#432700
2013#594,145#372825
2012#464,873#348887
2011#445,195#336901
2010#375,900#327956
2009#227,590#2981,093
2008#228,344#2561,368
2007#247,965#2491,432
2006#238,566#2211,630
2005#248,676#2221,576
2004#229,303#2161,613
2003#1910,314#2021,829
2002#1811,468#1901,964
2001#1213,693#1652,309
2000#1015,080#1362,854
1999#816,906#1203,071
1998#718,576#1043,581
1997#719,504#874,333
1996#619,155#824,798
1995#620,426#695,521
1994#620,734#546,626
1993#721,270#517,688
1992#1714,954#528,239
1991#3210,253#527,972
1990#467,262#646,579
1989#754,069#724,859
1988#1022,801#913,492
1987#1641,705#1172,433
1986#2181,215#1362,033
1985#2451,052#1531,794
1984#278868#1801,416
1983#336686#2171,055
1982#380604#244948
1981#511388#273774
1980#713235#311616
1979#966149#380448
1978#1,072123#431342
1977#1,067122#448319
1976#1,51468#519240
1975#2,23237#601182
1974#2,10039#592181
1973#2,62927#681137
1972#3,17720#707128
1971#3,06222#698142
1970#3,31119#753119
1969#3,19918#723116
1968#4,7799#655133
1967#3,48414#81180
1966#3,95911#77488
1965—#82081
1964#3,51514#80987
1963#6,5925#79591
1962#5,8606#81587
1961#5,3097#751105
1960#4,18410#79693
1959—#750103
1958#5,4086#75596
1957#4,5368#80387
1956#5,3256#84978
1955—#82978
1954#5,7535#78883
1953—#75489
1952—#693102
1951#4,3857#85267
1950—#75583
1949—#69297
1948—#72286
1947—#74884
1946—#74678
1945—#71872
1944—#81060
1943—#70084
1942—#78667
1941—#73371
1940—#71173
1939—#74565
1938—#70075
1937—#63785
1936—#75664
1935—#63386
1934—#72272
1933—#72171
1932—#69179
1931—#85855
1930—#70478
1929—#64491
1928—#66190
1927—#71084
1926—#64296
1925—#69087
1924—#575124
1923—#66094
1922—#66693
1921—#605109
1920—#604108
1919—#548119
1918—#512137
1917—#532119
1916—#571101
1915—#539107
1914—#52089
1913—#50773
1912—#52157
1911—#43245
1910—#46135
1909—#41935
1908—#54122
1907—#46425
1906—#43126
1905—#38430
1904—#36031
1903—#47020
1902—#47520
1901—#37125
1900—#30148
1899—#34627
1898—#38526
1897—#32732
1896—#33132
1895—#36826
1894—#39922
1893—#34926
1892—#34829
1891—#36422
1890—#37622
1889—#33228
1888—#34329
1887—#36620
1886—#36922
1885—#33226
1884—#38621
1883—#31827
1882—#33227
1881—#25239
1880—#27637
First appearance
1951

The first year at least five girls were named Taylor! It came in at #4,385, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1952–1955, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Taylor is popular in 1918

No state had 5 or more girls named Taylor in 1918, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Taylor
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 50 spots since 2024 (#353 → #403)
  • 241 spots since 2020 (#162 → #403)
  • 326 spots since 2015 (#77 → #403)
  • Biggest jump: 253 spots in 1980 (#966 → #713)
  • Biggest drop: 93 spots in 2024 (#260 → #353)
Rise & fade · girls
43 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1951
  • Peaked 1994 at #6 (20,734 births)
  • Births halved by 2003, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 10 for 8 yrs
  • Top 10: 8 yrs · run 1993–2000
  • Top 100: 28 yrs · run 1989–2016
  • Top 1,000: 47 yrs · run 1979–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 85
  • Highest: 1 in 85 girls born in 1993 were named Taylor (1.2%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,082 girls born in 2025 (0.05%)
  • Its best rank, #6 in 1994, was only 1 in 86 (1.2%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 51.2% of all girls named Taylor (169,040) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1990
  • Mostly boys until 1989, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s32#4,385 (1951)#5,081
1960s94#3,199 (1969)#4,542
1970s626#966 (1979)#2,113
1980s13,623#75 (1989)#302
1990s169,040#6 (1994)#14
2000s100,999#10 (2000)#20
2010s38,221#37 (2010)#80
2020s7,510#162 (2020)#264

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Taylor in 1918

boys
#512
137 births · 1 in 7,398 boys

Top boys' names in 1918

  1. #1John56,558
  2. #2William45,291
  3. #3James42,115
  4. #4Robert40,619
  5. #5Charles26,921
  6. #6George26,318
  7. #7Joseph26,261
  8. #8Edward19,489
  9. #9Frank17,018
  10. #10Thomas13,910
  11. #512Taylor137
More about 1918

boys

1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 7,398 of them was named Taylor, which outranked 89.4% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Taylor
  1. #508Gaylord139
  2. #510Rupert138
  3. #510Theron138
  4. #512Taylor137
  5. #512Linwood137
  6. #512Merton137
  7. #515Casimer135
  8. #515Lenard135
  9. #515Lucius135

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. ↑ 600Quinton#1,092 → #492
  2. ↑ 542Pershing#876 → #334
  3. ↑ 480Quentin#723 → #243
  4. ↑ 440Issac#1,264 → #824
  5. ↑ 339Furman#1,092 → #753
Fallers
  1. ↓ 473Bernhard#900 → #1,373
  2. ↓ 424Edson#919 → #1,343
  3. ↓ 394Gasper#919 → #1,313
  4. ↓ 352Berton#934 → #1,286
  5. ↓ 346Ishmael#997 → #1,343

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1918 →