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Taylor

Girls' name · Millennial-era

Living in the US
~432,100 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#403 among girls
Births in 2025
1,170 443,686 since 1880
Typical age
28 years, median

Taylor popularity over time

Taylor rank by birth year, 1951–2025Taylor ranked #4,385 in 1951 and #403 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #6, in 1994.#10#100#1,000#403best #6 in 19941960198020002020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1951–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

1993 is the peak year for Taylor, with 28,958 births. It appears in the very first year SSA covers, 1880. Across the record, 28 years put Taylor in the top 100.

In 2025 it ranked #403 with 1,170 births. Compared with 2015, births are down 73%. It slipped 50 places against the previous year.

Babies named Taylor per yearPeaks at 28,958 births in 1993.28,958 in 1993018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Taylor?

Roughly 432,100 Taylors are alive in the US right now. SSA has recorded 443,686 births under the name since 1880. The split is about 326,000 women and 106,200 men.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Taylor?

The typical living Taylor is 28 years old. The 1990s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Taylor a millennial-era name.

Your Taylor

Ages of living people named TaylorHalf of living Taylors are older than 28 and half younger.median 28020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Taylor is most common

Mississippi uses the name 3.2× as often as the country as a whole. District of Columbia, Alabama and Georgia follow.

Where Taylor is used more than average5 states use the name Taylor more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: 1.9× the national rateSCDistrict of Columbia: 2.0× the national rateDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: 3.2× the national rateMSAlabama: 2.0× the national rateALGeorgia: 1.9× the national rateGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Taylor is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Mississippi 473 3.2×
District of Columbia 85 2.0×
Alabama 542 2.0×
Georgia 1,240 1.9×
South Carolina 489 1.9×

Is Taylor a boy's or a girl's name?

74% girls26% boys
Share of all recorded US births under this name, 1880 to the latest year.

Mostly given to girls: 21.3% of the last ten years of births were boys. Across the whole record, 74.4% of births under the name were girls. The dominant sex is not the same at the end of the record as at the start.

Taylor in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Taylor ranked #507 in 2025 on 96 births. That is 48% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Taylor comes from

From tailor. Doublet of Tailor.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Taylor

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Taylor Swift American singer-songwriter 1989 176
Taylor Lautner American actor 1992 114
Taylor Momsen American actress, singer and model 1993 70
Taylor Hawkins American drummer 1972–2022 47
Taylor Schilling American actress 1984 42
Taylor Kitsch Canadian actor and model 1981 38
Taylor Townsend US female tennis player 1996 34
Taylor Dayne American pop singer 1962 33
Photo credits (8)

The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 8,928 in 1989 to 13,841 in 1990 — 1.6 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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