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Tayler

#5,892 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Variant of Taylor

Tayler has been given to 13,756 babies in the U.S. since 1978. In 2025 it ranked #5,892 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1993, with 871 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 81% girls, 19% boys all-time.

Babies named Tayler, 2025

1 in 158,000

Tayler over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Tayler over time

In 2025, Tayler went to 46% girls and 54% boys.

19782025

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.

Tayler: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Taylor

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Tayler means

Tayler is a variant of Taylor.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Tayler → Taylor. The family’s meaning is “to cut”, recorded in the naming reference for Taylor.

Origin, language, and formation

Tayler is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Taylor.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 11,169 girls were recorded with the name Tayler between 1978 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 871 in 1993; its best national rank was #306 in 1993.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,863 in 2020 to #5,892 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,553 in 2015 to #5,892 in 2025.

In the United States, 2,587 boys were recorded with the name Tayler between 1981 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 171 in 1994; its best national rank was #807 in 1994.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #5,665 in 2020 to #4,235 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,971 in 2015 to #4,235 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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Tayler?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 158,000
21 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 76,500
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#5,892
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
109,425 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Tayler sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

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 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 109,425 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Tayler. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Taylers were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Tayler was born before 1997 — so the typical Tayler is around 28 today.

Median birth year
1997
About 28 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
57.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
33.6%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
11,169
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 57.1% of all recorded uses (6,379).

Is Tayler 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
+244
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,029
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−3,339
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.30×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
2.4%
Peak was 1993 (871)
Years since peak
32
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
16.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#306
1993

Spellings of Tayler

Tayler is not the most common spelling — Taylor is, with 40.3% against Tayler's 1.4%.

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 Tayler is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Tayler was most concentrated in Utah — about 1 in 4,348 girls, against 1 in 16,505 across all states with data. It was least common in New Jersey (1 in 100,000).

123 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Utah1 in 4,348
  2. 2Nevada1 in 5,000
  3. 3Oregon1 in 6,667
  4. 4Arizona1 in 7,143
  5. 5Idaho1 in 7,143
  6. 6Washington1 in 7,143
  7. 7Colorado1 in 8,333
  8. 8Hawaii1 in 11,111

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. Tayler has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Tayler is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Tayler was most concentrated in Utah — about 1 in 20,000 boys, against 1 in 142,880 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

05 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Utah1 in 20,000
  2. 2Washington1 in 33,333
  3. 3Iowa1 in 50,000
  4. 4Minnesota1 in 50,000
  5. 5Oregon1 in 50,000
  6. 6California1 in 100,000
  7. 7Florida1 in 100,000
  8. 8Idaho1 in 100,000

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. Tayler has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Tayler around the world

Where Tayler 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
    1996–2014
    #2,862
    in 2014
  • Scotland
    1992–2010
    #571
    in 2010
  • Ireland
    2007–2007
    #842
    in 2007
  • Canada
    1991–2015
    #3,185
    in 2015
  • South Australia
    1988–2008
    #796
    in 2008

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

Notable people named Tayler

People whose public names include Tayler, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Tayler in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Tayler. Linked forms have their own page here.

TailorTaylor

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Tayler by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#5,892
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,029
Best rank ever
#306
1993
Peak year
1993
871 that year
First recorded
1978
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
11,169
Count in 2025
21

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#4,235
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,430
Best rank ever
#807
1994
Peak year
1994
171 that year
First recorded
1981
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,587
Count in 2025
25

Names similar to Tayler

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

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Names with a curve like Tayler

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

BreanaKierraKatlynAlexandreaShelbieKelsiDarianKelsieCaylaKatlynnAllyssaHalie

Sibling names for Tayler

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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