Meaning not yet researched.
Taylor: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 772 in 2025. Its best rank was #6 in 1996.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #6 in 1996; #403 in 2025. About 66% of babies named Taylor in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#403 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1996, at #6.
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Taylor: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 772 girls in 2025. Peak: #6 in 1996 · most girls in one year: 21,270 (1993).
In 2025, 772 US girls were named Taylor, making it the 403rd most common girls’ name of the year, down 50 places from #353 in 2024. That is 107 fewer than the 879 girls named Taylor in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #6, reached in 1996. The most girls given the name in a single year was 21,270, in 1993. For comparison, it was #77 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
In 2025, 398 US boys were named Taylor, making it the 685th most common boys’ name of the year, down 18 places from #667 in 2024. That is 14 fewer than the 412 boys named Taylor in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #51, reached in 1993. The most boys given the name in a single year was 8,239, in 1992. For comparison, it was #462 in 2015 and #757 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Taylor in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 37 babies with the name. In all, 443,686 US babies have been given the name, 74% of them girls and 26% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1990s, with 227,448 babies named Taylor.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 18,044 US girls were named Taylor; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 3,281. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,082 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Taylor ranked highest in District of Columbia in 2025, at #116 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Tayler (13,756 babies since 1880), Tailor (1,131 babies since 1880), Taylar (2,534 babies since 1880) and Taelor (2,437 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Talor, Taylore and Taylour are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Talor (748), Taylore (678), Taylour (526), Taeler (346), Taiylor (272), Tay (260), Talar (212), Tailer (208), Tayelor (170), Tayllor (131), Taelyr (92), Tahlor (80), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Taylor in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 14 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | 7 | #116 | #31 |
| Alabama | 24 | #189 | #42 |
| Mississippi | 14 | #195 | #24 |
| Louisiana | 18 | #253 | #60 |
| North Carolina | 36 | #310 | #53 |
| Arizona | 23 | #316 | #109 |
| Kansas | 11 | #321 | #124 |
| Ohio | 35 | #322 | #72 |
| Nevada | 9 | #325 | #96 |
| Oklahoma | 13 | #338 | #61 |
| Washington | 22 | #342 | #85 |
| Florida | 53 | #350 | #62 |
| Maryland | 16 | #353 | #60 |
| Illinois | 30 | #354 | #60 |
| South Carolina | 14 | #369 | #29 |
| Arkansas | 9 | #369 | #75 |
| Colorado | 16 | #388 | #70 |
| Indiana | 18 | #393 | #98 |
| Kentucky | 11 | #402 | #97 |
| Tennessee | 20 | #408 | #50 |
| Georgia | 28 | #417 | #32 |
| Minnesota | 13 | #421 | #117 |
| Pennsylvania | 26 | #427 | #63 |
| Missouri | 14 | #440 | #97 |
| Connecticut | 7 | #452 | #71 |
| Michigan | 19 | #455 | #78 |
| Idaho | 5 | #473 | #116 |
| Oregon | 8 | #478 | #73 |
| California | 71 | #479 | #123 |
| New Jersey | 16 | #496 | #93 |
| Texas | 65 | #499 | #113 |
| Wisconsin | 10 | #514 | #67 |
| New York | 33 | #517 | #92 |
| Utah | 7 | #599 | #123 |
| Massachusetts | 9 | #619 | #113 |
| Virginia | 12 | #658 | #65 |
| Iowa | 5 | #672 | #91 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 772 | #403 | 398 | #685 |
| 2024 | 879 | #353 | 412 | #667 |
| 2023 | 1,195 | #260 | 486 | #590 |
| 2022 | 1,371 | #216 | 454 | #617 |
| 2021 | 1,545 | #192 | 431 | #642 |
| 2020 | 1,748 | #162 | 467 | #593 |
| 2019 | 2,048 | #135 | 465 | #596 |
| 2018 | 2,500 | #121 | 535 | #530 |
| 2017 | 2,705 | #113 | 577 | #505 |
| 2016 | 3,281 | #89 | 646 | #475 |
| 2015 | 3,756 | #77 | 658 | #462 |
| 2014 | 3,818 | #77 | 700 | #432 |
| 2013 | 4,145 | #59 | 825 | #372 |
| 2012 | 4,873 | #46 | 887 | #348 |
| 2011 | 5,195 | #44 | 901 | #336 |
| 2010 | 5,900 | #37 | 956 | #327 |
| 2009 | 7,590 | #22 | 1,093 | #298 |
| 2008 | 8,344 | #22 | 1,368 | #256 |
| 2007 | 7,965 | #24 | 1,432 | #249 |
| 2006 | 8,566 | #23 | 1,630 | #221 |
| 2005 | 8,676 | #24 | 1,576 | #222 |
| 2004 | 9,303 | #22 | 1,613 | #216 |
| 2003 | 10,314 | #19 | 1,829 | #202 |
| 2002 | 11,468 | #18 | 1,964 | #191 |
| 2001 | 13,693 | #12 | 2,309 | #165 |
| 2000 | 15,080 | #10 | 2,854 | #136 |
| 1999 | 16,906 | #8 | 3,071 | #120 |
| 1998 | 18,576 | #7 | 3,581 | #104 |
| 1997 | 19,504 | #7 | 4,333 | #87 |
| 1996 | 19,155 | #6 | 4,798 | #82 |
| 1995 | 20,426 | #6 | 5,521 | #69 |
| 1994 | 20,734 | #6 | 6,626 | #54 |
| 1993 | 21,270 | #7 | 7,688 | #51 |
| 1992 | 14,954 | #17 | 8,239 | #52 |
| 1991 | 10,253 | #32 | 7,972 | #52 |
| 1990 | 7,262 | #46 | 6,579 | #64 |
| 1989 | 4,069 | #75 | 4,859 | #72 |
| 1988 | 2,801 | #102 | 3,492 | #91 |
| 1987 | 1,705 | #164 | 2,433 | #117 |
| 1986 | 1,215 | #218 | 2,033 | #136 |
| 1985 | 1,052 | #245 | 1,794 | #153 |
| 1984 | 868 | #278 | 1,416 | #180 |
| 1983 | 686 | #336 | 1,055 | #218 |
| 1982 | 604 | #380 | 948 | #244 |
| 1981 | 388 | #511 | 774 | #273 |
| 1980 | 235 | #715 | 616 | #311 |
| 1979 | 149 | #969 | 448 | #381 |
| 1978 | 123 | #1,077 | 342 | #431 |
| 1977 | 122 | #1,071 | 319 | #449 |
| 1976 | 68 | #1,522 | 240 | #521 |
| 1975 | 37 | #2,276 | 182 | #603 |
| 1974 | 39 | #2,129 | 181 | #594 |
| 1973 | 27 | #2,676 | 137 | #682 |
| 1972 | 20 | #3,263 | 128 | #712 |
| 1971 | 22 | #3,148 | 142 | #698 |
| 1970 | 19 | #3,426 | 119 | #756 |
| 1969 | 18 | #3,305 | 116 | #726 |
| 1968 | 9 | #5,103 | 133 | #658 |
| 1967 | 14 | #3,636 | 80 | #813 |
| 1966 | 11 | #4,174 | 88 | #777 |
| 1965 | — | — | 81 | #825 |
| 1964 | 14 | #3,680 | 87 | #810 |
| 1963 | 5 | #7,540 | 91 | #798 |
| 1962 | 6 | #6,496 | 87 | #816 |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,787 | 105 | #754 |
| 1960 | 10 | #4,421 | 93 | #797 |
| 1959 | — | — | 103 | #751 |
| 1958 | 6 | #6,035 | 96 | #759 |
| 1957 | 8 | #4,877 | 87 | #811 |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,892 | 78 | #853 |
| 1955 | — | — | 78 | #835 |
| 1954 | 5 | #6,536 | 83 | #793 |
| 1953 | — | — | 89 | #757 |
| 1952 | — | — | 102 | #694 |
| 1951 | 7 | #4,782 | 67 | #856 |
| 1950 | — | — | 83 | #757 |
| 1949 | — | — | 97 | #697 |
| 1948 | — | — | 86 | #728 |
| 1947 | — | — | 84 | #752 |
| 1946 | — | — | 78 | #752 |
| 1945 | — | — | 72 | #727 |
| 1944 | — | — | 60 | #813 |
| 1943 | — | — | 84 | #702 |
| 1942 | — | — | 67 | #790 |
| 1941 | — | — | 71 | #738 |
| 1940 | — | — | 73 | #715 |
| 1939 | — | — | 65 | #752 |
| 1938 | — | — | 75 | #709 |
| 1937 | — | — | 85 | #647 |
| 1936 | — | — | 64 | #765 |
| 1935 | — | — | 86 | #640 |
| 1934 | — | — | 72 | #723 |
| 1933 | — | — | 71 | #728 |
| 1932 | — | — | 79 | #696 |
| 1931 | — | — | 55 | #867 |
| 1930 | — | — | 78 | #708 |
| 1929 | — | — | 91 | #647 |
| 1928 | — | — | 90 | #662 |
| 1927 | — | — | 84 | #712 |
| 1926 | — | — | 96 | #647 |
| 1925 | — | — | 87 | #695 |
| 1924 | — | — | 124 | #576 |
| 1923 | — | — | 94 | #664 |
| 1922 | — | — | 93 | #673 |
| 1921 | — | — | 109 | #608 |
| 1920 | — | — | 108 | #608 |
| 1919 | — | — | 119 | #549 |
| 1918 | — | — | 137 | #514 |
| 1917 | — | — | 119 | #536 |
| 1916 | — | — | 101 | #573 |
| 1915 | — | — | 107 | #541 |
| 1914 | — | — | 89 | #524 |
| 1913 | — | — | 73 | #508 |
| 1912 | — | — | 57 | #530 |
| 1911 | — | — | 45 | #440 |
| 1910 | — | — | 35 | #471 |
| 1909 | — | — | 35 | #426 |
| 1908 | — | — | 22 | #552 |
| 1907 | — | — | 25 | #471 |
| 1906 | — | — | 26 | #441 |
| 1905 | — | — | 30 | #391 |
| 1904 | — | — | 31 | #366 |
| 1903 | — | — | 20 | #484 |
| 1902 | — | — | 20 | #485 |
| 1901 | — | — | 25 | #378 |
| 1900 | — | — | 48 | #304 |
| 1899 | — | — | 27 | #354 |
| 1898 | — | — | 26 | #392 |
| 1897 | — | — | 32 | #330 |
| 1896 | — | — | 32 | #335 |
| 1895 | — | — | 26 | #381 |
| 1894 | — | — | 22 | #410 |
| 1893 | — | — | 26 | #357 |
| 1892 | — | — | 29 | #355 |
| 1891 | — | — | 22 | #374 |
| 1890 | — | — | 22 | #384 |
| 1889 | — | — | 28 | #337 |
| 1888 | — | — | 29 | #346 |
| 1887 | — | — | 20 | #375 |
| 1886 | — | — | 22 | #381 |
| 1885 | — | — | 26 | #343 |
| 1884 | — | — | 21 | #397 |
| 1883 | — | — | 27 | #322 |
| 1882 | — | — | 27 | #346 |
| 1881 | — | — | 39 | #256 |
| 1880 | — | — | 37 | #279 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).