Taylor Boy & girl
How popular is Taylor?
#403 girl name in 2025
772 baby girls were named Taylor in the US in 2025, making it the 403rd most popular girl name. Another 398 boys got the name (#683 for boys).
Taylor popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #403 for girls (▼ 50 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 772 girls, 398 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-79% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #77 in 2015, #162 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1993 (21,270 girls) |
| Highest rank | #6 in 1994 (3 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1951 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 21% boys, 79% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.8% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Taylor counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Taylor family of names ranked #391 for girls in 2025 (#355 the year before), with 793 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Taylor | 772 | 97% |
| Tayler | 21 | 3% |
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 Taylor is most popular
Babies named Taylor per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 2.6 per 1,000 (122 girls)
- District of Columbia: 1.7 per 1,000 (20 girls)
- Alabama: 1.5 per 1,000 (141 girls)
- Connecticut: 1.4 per 1,000 (83 girls)
- South Carolina: 1.4 per 1,000 (124 girls)
Taylor by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 32 | #4,384 |
| 1960s | 94 | #3,198 |
| 1970s | 626 | #966 |
| 1980s | 13,623 | #75 |
| 1990s | 169,040 | #6 |
| 2000s | 100,999 | #10 |
| 2010s | 38,221 | #37 |
| 2020s | 7,510 | #162 |
Girl names about as popular as Taylor
Questions
- Is Taylor a boy or girl name?
- Taylor is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 21% of babies named Taylor were boys and 79% were girls.
- How popular is the name Taylor?
- 772 baby girls were named Taylor in the US in 2025, making it the 403rd most popular girl name. Another 398 boys got the name (#683 for boys).
- When was Taylor most popular?
- Taylor peaked in 1993, when 21,270 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #6, held for 3 years starting in 1994.
- How many people are named Taylor?
- 443,686 babies have been named Taylor in the US since 1880. We estimate about 431,987 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 29.
- Where is Taylor most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Taylor was most common in Mississippi, at 2.6 of every 1,000 girls 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.