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Taylen

#1,361 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Taylen has been given to 3,440 babies in the U.S. since 1990. In 2025 it ranked #1,361 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2021, with 147 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 64% boys, 36% girls all-time.

Babies named Taylen, 2025

1 in 24,000

Taylen over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Taylen over time

In 2025, Taylen went to 22% girls and 78% boys.

19902025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Taylen: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Taylen means

Taylen is a given name.

The naming story behind Taylen

Wikidata records Taylen as a given name. The entity identifier is Q139255265, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,206 boys were recorded with the name Taylen between 1990 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 147 in 2021; its best national rank was #1,297 in 2021.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,517 in 2020 to #1,361 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,050 in 2015 to #1,361 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,234 girls were recorded with the name Taylen between 1993 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 76 in 2012; its best national rank was #2,446 in 2012.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,275 in 2020 to #3,767 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,963 in 2015 to #3,767 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Taylen?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 24,000
138 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 12,400
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,361
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
16,653 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Taylen sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5002%

Put another way: gather 16,653 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Taylen. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Taylens were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Taylen was born before 2016 — so the typical Taylen is around 9 today.

Median birth year
2016
About 9 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
36.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
92.7%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
2,206
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 36.9% of all recorded uses (815).

Is Taylen rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+159
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+156
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+689
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.97×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
93.9%
Peak was 2021 (147)
Years since peak
4
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
14.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,297
2021

Spellings of Taylen

Taylen is not the most common spelling — Tyler is, with 30.5% against Taylen's 0.11%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Taylen is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Taylen was most concentrated in Mississippi — about 1 in 2,041 boys, against 1 in 14,721 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in 100,000).

149 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Mississippi1 in 2,041
  2. 2Louisiana1 in 3,448
  3. 3Alabama1 in 5,000
  4. 4Georgia1 in 5,556
  5. 5Tennessee1 in 6,250
  6. 6North Carolina1 in 6,667
  7. 7Arkansas1 in 7,143
  8. 8Maryland1 in 9,091

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Taylen is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Taylen was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 303,489 across all states with data. It was least common in South Carolina (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in 100,000
  2. 2California1 in —
  3. 3Florida1 in —
  4. 4Georgia1 in —
  5. 5Louisiana1 in —
  6. 6Mississippi1 in —
  7. 7North Carolina1 in —
  8. 8Ohio1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Taylen has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Taylen around the world

Where Taylen ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2005–2025
    #3,256
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2000–2024
    #2,328
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1998–2008
    #467
    in 2008

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Taylen by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,361
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 156
Best rank ever
#1,297
2021
Peak year
2021
147 that year
First recorded
1990
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,206
Count in 2025
138

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#3,767
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 492
Best rank ever
#2,446
2012
Peak year
2012
76 that year
First recorded
1993
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,234
Count in 2025
40

Names similar to Taylen

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

TaylerTaydenTayvonTaylonTaytonTaysonTaylinTaylanTaysomTayvenTayvionTaytumTaytenWaylenZaylenKallenRaylenTayvinHarlenJaelenJailenBaylenKaylenDaylen

Names with a curve like Taylen

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Taylen, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

KylinLakenJeriahZavianIlyasZakariyaSyrusScoutShiaErosElyasMattias

Sibling names for Taylen

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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