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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201951peak #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 1951

No state had 5 or more girls named Taylor in 1951, 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 1951

girls
#4,385
7 births · 1 in 257,266 girls
boys
#852
67 births · 1 in 28,102 boys

Top girls' names in 1951

  1. #1Linda73,982
  2. #2Mary65,721
  3. #3Patricia56,446
  4. #4Deborah42,053
  5. #5Barbara40,617
  6. #6Susan40,228
  7. #7Nancy30,346
  8. #8Karen27,998
  9. #9Sandra27,665
  10. #10Kathleen26,716
  11. #4,385Taylor7

Top boys' names in 1951

  1. #1James87,256
  2. #2Robert86,353
  3. #3John81,569
  4. #4Michael72,807
  5. #5David64,788
  6. #6William62,781
  7. #7Richard54,541
  8. #8Thomas48,275
  9. #9Charles39,406
  10. #10Gary38,160
  11. #852Taylor67
More about 1951

girls

1,800,859 girls got a published name in 1951; 1 in 257,266 of them was named Taylor, which outranked 29.4% of the 6,213 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Taylor
  1. #4,011Young8
  2. #4,011Zadie8
  3. #4,011Zeda8
  4. #4,385Taylor7
  5. #4,385Adelene7
  6. #4,385Adonna7
  7. #4,385Adra7
  8. #4,833Adah6
  9. #4,833Adelfa6
  10. #4,833Agapita6

Tied with 447 names at #4,385; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1950
Risers
  1. ↑ 345Rhona#1,333 → #988
  2. ↑ 307Bobbi#1,153 → #846
  3. ↑ 296Ricki#1,090 → #794
  4. ↑ 295Mindy#771 → #476
  5. ↑ 288Sharleen#1,053 → #765
Fallers
  1. ↓ 395Sharman#668 → #1,063
  2. ↓ 343Manuela#773 → #1,116
  3. ↓ 294Allie#945 → #1,239
  4. ↓ 253Merrie#937 → #1,190
  5. ↓ 252Olive#891 → #1,143

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

boys

1,882,837 boys got a published name in 1951; 1 in 28,102 of them was named Taylor, which outranked 80.0% of the 4,253 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Taylor
  1. #847Kit68
  2. #847Kurtis68
  3. #847Marlon68
  4. #852Taylor67
  5. #852Chauncey67
  6. #852Cliff67
  7. #852Corey67
  8. #857Alva66
  9. #857Darell66
  10. #857Emile66

Tied with 4 names at #852; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1950
Risers
  1. ↑ 428Kimberly#1,139 → #711
  2. ↑ 372Cole#1,364 → #992
  3. ↑ 357Wayland#1,272 → #915
  4. ↑ 354Ricki#1,139 → #785
  5. ↑ 346Lou#1,289 → #943
Fallers
  1. ↓ 944Jory#960 → #1,904
  2. ↓ 502Samual#960 → #1,462
  3. ↓ 426Carlyle#918 → #1,344
  4. ↓ 319Shaun#899 → #1,218
  5. ↓ 318Tex#977 → #1,295

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

See the top 100 for 1951 →