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 2012
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#14 · 1 in 128
- Georgia#14 · 1 in 167
- South Carolina#20 · 1 in 164
- District of Columbia#21 · 1 in 133
- Delaware#22 · 1 in 126
Best ever in a state: #1 in North Dakota, 1994.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | #14 | 283 | 1 in 167 |
| Mississippi | #14 | 83 | 1 in 128 |
| South Carolina | #20 | 106 | 1 in 164 |
| District of Columbia | #21 | 24 | 1 in 133 |
| Delaware | #22 | 21 | 1 in 126 |
| Maryland | #24 | 125 | 1 in 193 |
| Montana | #29 | 18 | 1 in 152 |
| North Carolina | #30 | 197 | 1 in 223 |
| Alabama | #31 | 91 | 1 in 203 |
| South Dakota | #32 | 20 | 1 in 149 |
| Oregon | #34 | 64 | 1 in 232 |
| Louisiana | #36 | 86 | 1 in 229 |
| Colorado | #37 | 87 | 1 in 258 |
| Hawaii | #37 | 18 | 1 in 187 |
| New Hampshire | #37 | 22 | 1 in 169 |
| Pennsylvania | #37 | 216 | 1 in 244 |
| Tennessee | #37 | 129 | 1 in 232 |
| West Virginia | #37 | 36 | 1 in 183 |
| Ohio | #38 | 209 | 1 in 247 |
| Virginia | #38 | 153 | 1 in 238 |
| Alaska | #40 | 13 | 1 in 177 |
| Connecticut | #41 | 54 | 1 in 217 |
| Florida | #41 | 285 | 1 in 279 |
| Oklahoma | #42 | 63 | 1 in 262 |
| Indiana | #43 | 109 | 1 in 276 |
| Vermont | #44 | 9 | 1 in 130 |
| Wisconsin | #45 | 88 | 1 in 262 |
| Michigan | #46 | 146 | 1 in 282 |
| Kentucky | #48 | 75 | 1 in 242 |
| Illinois | #49 | 195 | 1 in 301 |
| Wyoming | #49 | 8 | 1 in 144 |
| Missouri | #54 | 93 | 1 in 289 |
| Arizona | #55 | 96 | 1 in 323 |
| Nevada | #55 | 39 | 1 in 265 |
| New York | #55 | 262 | 1 in 352 |
| New Jersey | #57 | 116 | 1 in 315 |
| Iowa | #58 | 42 | 1 in 298 |
| Arkansas | #62 | 38 | 1 in 300 |
| Utah | #64 | 56 | 1 in 320 |
| Washington | #64 | 86 | 1 in 354 |
| Idaho | #66 | 22 | 1 in 289 |
| Kansas | #67 | 39 | 1 in 337 |
| Nebraska | #68 | 26 | 1 in 298 |
| North Dakota | #75 | 12 | 1 in 235 |
| Texas | #80 | 343 | 1 in 462 |
| Maine | #83 | 13 | 1 in 282 |
| New Mexico | #84 | 21 | 1 in 337 |
| Rhode Island | #90 | 10 | 1 in 298 |
| Minnesota | #96 | 59 | 1 in 407 |
| Massachusetts | #97 | 60 | 1 in 424 |
| California | #101 | 407 | 1 in 514 |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 2012
Top girls' names in 2012
Top boys' names in 2012
More about 2012
girls
1,761,053 girls got a published name in 2012; 1 in 361 of them was named Taylor, which outranked 99.8% of the 19,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,896,946 boys got a published name in 2012; 1 in 2,139 of them was named Taylor, which outranked 97.6% of the 14,250 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.