Taylor
#403 for girls in 2025, 772 births · #683 for boys in 2025, 398 births
Given to girls 74.4% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1994 · 20,734 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 28 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 330,145since 1951
Taylor over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #403 | 772 | #683 | 398 |
| 2024 | #353 | 879 | #665 | 412 |
| 2023 | #260 | 1,195 | #589 | 486 |
| 2022 | #216 | 1,371 | #616 | 454 |
| 2021 | #192 | 1,545 | #639 | 431 |
| 2020 | #162 | 1,748 | #593 | 467 |
| 2019 | #135 | 2,048 | #595 | 465 |
| 2018 | #121 | 2,500 | #530 | 535 |
| 2017 | #113 | 2,705 | #502 | 577 |
| 2016 | #89 | 3,281 | #475 | 646 |
| 2015 | #77 | 3,756 | #462 | 658 |
| 2014 | #77 | 3,818 | #432 | 700 |
| 2013 | #59 | 4,145 | #372 | 825 |
| 2012 | #46 | 4,873 | #348 | 887 |
| 2011 | #44 | 5,195 | #336 | 901 |
| 2010 | #37 | 5,900 | #327 | 956 |
| 2009 | #22 | 7,590 | #298 | 1,093 |
| 2008 | #22 | 8,344 | #256 | 1,368 |
| 2007 | #24 | 7,965 | #249 | 1,432 |
| 2006 | #23 | 8,566 | #221 | 1,630 |
| 2005 | #24 | 8,676 | #222 | 1,576 |
| 2004 | #22 | 9,303 | #216 | 1,613 |
| 2003 | #19 | 10,314 | #202 | 1,829 |
| 2002 | #18 | 11,468 | #190 | 1,964 |
| 2001 | #12 | 13,693 | #165 | 2,309 |
| 2000 | #10 | 15,080 | #136 | 2,854 |
| 1999 | #8 | 16,906 | #120 | 3,071 |
| 1998 | #7 | 18,576 | #104 | 3,581 |
| 1997 | #7 | 19,504 | #87 | 4,333 |
| 1996 | #6 | 19,155 | #82 | 4,798 |
| 1995 | #6 | 20,426 | #69 | 5,521 |
| 1994 | #6 | 20,734 | #54 | 6,626 |
| 1993 | #7 | 21,270 | #51 | 7,688 |
| 1992 | #17 | 14,954 | #52 | 8,239 |
| 1991 | #32 | 10,253 | #52 | 7,972 |
| 1990 | #46 | 7,262 | #64 | 6,579 |
| 1989 | #75 | 4,069 | #72 | 4,859 |
| 1988 | #102 | 2,801 | #91 | 3,492 |
| 1987 | #164 | 1,705 | #117 | 2,433 |
| 1986 | #218 | 1,215 | #136 | 2,033 |
| 1985 | #245 | 1,052 | #153 | 1,794 |
| 1984 | #278 | 868 | #180 | 1,416 |
| 1983 | #336 | 686 | #217 | 1,055 |
| 1982 | #380 | 604 | #244 | 948 |
| 1981 | #511 | 388 | #273 | 774 |
| 1980 | #713 | 235 | #311 | 616 |
| 1979 | #966 | 149 | #380 | 448 |
| 1978 | #1,072 | 123 | #431 | 342 |
| 1977 | #1,067 | 122 | #448 | 319 |
| 1976 | #1,514 | 68 | #519 | 240 |
| 1975 | #2,232 | 37 | #601 | 182 |
| 1974 | #2,100 | 39 | #592 | 181 |
| 1973 | #2,629 | 27 | #681 | 137 |
| 1972 | #3,177 | 20 | #707 | 128 |
| 1971 | #3,062 | 22 | #698 | 142 |
| 1970 | #3,311 | 19 | #753 | 119 |
| 1969 | #3,199 | 18 | #723 | 116 |
| 1968 | #4,779 | 9 | #655 | 133 |
| 1967 | #3,484 | 14 | #811 | 80 |
| 1966 | #3,959 | 11 | #774 | 88 |
| 1965 | — | #820 | 81 | |
| 1964 | #3,515 | 14 | #809 | 87 |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | #795 | 91 |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | #815 | 87 |
| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 | #751 | 105 |
| 1960 | #4,184 | 10 | #796 | 93 |
| 1959 | — | #750 | 103 | |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | #755 | 96 |
| 1957 | #4,536 | 8 | #803 | 87 |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 | #849 | 78 |
| 1955 | — | #829 | 78 | |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | #788 | 83 |
| 1953 | — | #754 | 89 | |
| 1952 | — | #693 | 102 | |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 | #852 | 67 |
| 1950 | — | #755 | 83 | |
| 1949 | — | #692 | 97 | |
| 1948 | — | #722 | 86 | |
| 1947 | — | #748 | 84 | |
| 1946 | — | #746 | 78 | |
| 1945 | — | #718 | 72 | |
| 1944 | — | #810 | 60 | |
| 1943 | — | #700 | 84 | |
| 1942 | — | #786 | 67 | |
| 1941 | — | #733 | 71 | |
| 1940 | — | #711 | 73 | |
| 1939 | — | #745 | 65 | |
| 1938 | — | #700 | 75 | |
| 1937 | — | #637 | 85 | |
| 1936 | — | #756 | 64 | |
| 1935 | — | #633 | 86 | |
| 1934 | — | #722 | 72 | |
| 1933 | — | #721 | 71 | |
| 1932 | — | #691 | 79 | |
| 1931 | — | #858 | 55 | |
| 1930 | — | #704 | 78 | |
| 1929 | — | #644 | 91 | |
| 1928 | — | #661 | 90 | |
| 1927 | — | #710 | 84 | |
| 1926 | — | #642 | 96 | |
| 1925 | — | #690 | 87 | |
| 1924 | — | #575 | 124 | |
| 1923 | — | #660 | 94 | |
| 1922 | — | #666 | 93 | |
| 1921 | — | #605 | 109 | |
| 1920 | — | #604 | 108 | |
| 1919 | — | #548 | 119 | |
| 1918 | — | #512 | 137 | |
| 1917 | — | #532 | 119 | |
| 1916 | — | #571 | 101 | |
| 1915 | — | #539 | 107 | |
| 1914 | — | #520 | 89 | |
| 1913 | — | #507 | 73 | |
| 1912 | — | #521 | 57 | |
| 1911 | — | #432 | 45 | |
| 1910 | — | #461 | 35 | |
| 1909 | — | #419 | 35 | |
| 1908 | — | #541 | 22 | |
| 1907 | — | #464 | 25 | |
| 1906 | — | #431 | 26 | |
| 1905 | — | #384 | 30 | |
| 1904 | — | #360 | 31 | |
| 1903 | — | #470 | 20 | |
| 1902 | — | #475 | 20 | |
| 1901 | — | #371 | 25 | |
| 1900 | — | #301 | 48 | |
| 1899 | — | #346 | 27 | |
| 1898 | — | #385 | 26 | |
| 1897 | — | #327 | 32 | |
| 1896 | — | #331 | 32 | |
| 1895 | — | #368 | 26 | |
| 1894 | — | #399 | 22 | |
| 1893 | — | #349 | 26 | |
| 1892 | — | #348 | 29 | |
| 1891 | — | #364 | 22 | |
| 1890 | — | #376 | 22 | |
| 1889 | — | #332 | 28 | |
| 1888 | — | #343 | 29 | |
| 1887 | — | #366 | 20 | |
| 1886 | — | #369 | 22 | |
| 1885 | — | #332 | 26 | |
| 1884 | — | #386 | 21 | |
| 1883 | — | #318 | 27 | |
| 1882 | — | #332 | 27 | |
| 1881 | — | #252 | 39 | |
| 1880 | — | #276 | 37 | |
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 1964
No state had 5 or more girls named Taylor in 1964, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Taylor
- 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)
- Debuted 1951
- Peaked 1994 at #6 (20,734 births)
- Births halved by 2003, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: 8 yrs · run 1993–2000
- Top 100: 28 yrs · run 1989–2016
- Top 1,000: 47 yrs · run 1979–2025
- 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
- 51.2% of all girls named Taylor (169,040) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1989, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 32 | #4,385 (1951) | #5,081 |
| 1960s | 94 | #3,199 (1969) | #4,542 |
| 1970s | 626 | #966 (1979) | #2,113 |
| 1980s | 13,623 | #75 (1989) | #302 |
| 1990s | 169,040 | #6 (1994) | #14 |
| 2000s | 100,999 | #10 (2000) | #20 |
| 2010s | 38,221 | #37 (2010) | #80 |
| 2020s | 7,510 | #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 1964
Top girls' names in 1964
Top boys' names in 1964
More about 1964
girls
1,894,855 girls got a published name in 1964; 1 in 135,347 of them was named Taylor, which outranked 55.0% of the 7,806 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,379Xochitl15
- #3,379Yvonda15
- #3,379Zenia15
- #3,515Taylor14
- #3,515Abbey14
- #3,515Adaline14
- #3,515Albertina14
- #3,692Alanda13
- #3,692Alease13
- #3,692Aleisa13
Tied with 176 names at #3,515; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,992,698 boys got a published name in 1964; 1 in 22,905 of them was named Taylor, which outranked 82.4% of the 4,594 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #806Emerson88
- #806Kieth88
- #806Quint88
- #809Taylor87
- #809Jaimie87
- #809Trenton87
- #812Alexis86
- #812Baron86
- #812Moises86
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 864Deron#1,548 → #684
- ↑ 653Cassius#1,513 → #860
- ↑ 392Kipp#1,215 → #823
- ↑ 363Fitzgerald#1,052 → #689
- ↑ 334Adrain#1,279 → #945
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.