Taylen Boy & girl
How popular is Taylen?
#1,358 boy name in 2025
138 baby boys were named Taylen in the US in 2025, making it the 1358th most popular boy name. Another 40 girls got the name (#3,711 for girls).
Taylen popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,358 for boys (▲ 159 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 138 boys, 40 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+97% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,036 in 2015, #1,512 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2021 (147 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,291 in 2021 |
| First recorded | 1990 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 70% boys, 30% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Taylen counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Talon family of names ranked #604 for boys in 2025 (#558 the year before), with 439 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Talon | 175 | 40% |
| Taylen | 138 | 31% |
| Talan | 34 | 8% |
| Talen | 22 | 5% |
| Taylon | 24 | 5% |
| Taylan | 22 | 5% |
| Tallon | 10 | 2% |
| Tallen | 8 | 2% |
| Talin | 6 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Taylen is most popular
Babies named Taylen per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 0.5 per 1,000 (30 boys)
- Louisiana: 0.5 per 1,000 (52 boys)
- Alabama: 0.2 per 1,000 (25 boys)
- Arkansas: 0.2 per 1,000 (13 boys)
- Georgia: 0.2 per 1,000 (51 boys)
Taylen by decade
Boy names about as popular as Taylen
Questions
- Is Taylen a boy or girl name?
- Taylen is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 70% of babies named Taylen were boys and 30% were girls.
- How popular is the name Taylen?
- 138 baby boys were named Taylen in the US in 2025, making it the 1358th most popular boy name. Another 40 girls got the name (#3,711 for girls).
- When was Taylen most popular?
- Taylen peaked in 2021, when 147 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,291 in 2021.
- How many people are named Taylen?
- 3,440 babies have been named Taylen in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,413 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 11.
- Where is Taylen most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Taylen was most common in Mississippi, at 0.5 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.