Tailor

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #13,477 · Last seen for boys in 2016 at #12,185
Given to girls 85.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1997 · 71 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
970
since 1988

Tailor over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201997peak #2,002, 1997peak #4,564, 1992girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024#13,4776
2023
2022
2021#13,4646
2020#12,1427
2019#12,4487
2018#12,4647
2017#8,29913
2016#10,11310#12,1855
2015#8,00814
2014#10,12910
2013#9,03612
2012#6,87218#12,2745
2011#10,37410#10,8086
2010#14,9596#10,7666
2009#5,37826#12,4915
2008#5,27927#9,0198
2007#6,81219#10,9216
2006#4,26534#12,0555
2005#3,94236
2004#4,38731
2003#4,30730#9,5816
2002#3,88933#9,3926
2001#3,25642#10,5565
2000#3,07045#10,3495
1999#2,36862#5,31712
1998#2,69150#6,3149
1997#2,00271#7,2817
1996#2,37255#7,1367
1995#2,15562#5,12411
1994#2,41253#5,45210
1993#2,03368#8,7005
1992#3,14436#4,56412
1991#3,20734#7,2716
1990#5,54916#7,1786
1989#8,7618#5,6158
1988#10,3866
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First appearance
1988

The first year at least five girls were named Tailor! It came in at #10,386, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2022–2023, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Tailor
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · girls
9 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1988
  • Peaked 1997 at #2,002 (71 births)
  • Births halved by 2002, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 24,517
  • Highest: 1 in 24,517 girls born in 1997 were named Tailor (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 270,032 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 52.3% of all girls named Tailor (507) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s14#8,761 (1989)#9,574
1990s507#2,002 (1997)#2,793
2000s323#3,070 (2000)#4,459
2010s107#6,872 (2012)#10,270
2020s19#12,142 (2020)#13,028

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Tailor in 1997

girls
#2,002
71 births · 1 in 24,517 girls
boys
#7,281
7 births · 1 in 269,306 boys

Top girls' names in 1997

  1. #1Emily25,734
  2. #2Jessica21,045
  3. #3Ashley20,897
  4. #4Sarah20,716
  5. #5Hannah20,597
  6. #6Samantha20,170
  7. #7Taylor19,504
  8. #8Alexis17,171
  9. #9Elizabeth15,430
  10. #10Madison15,189
  11. #2,002Tailor71

Top boys' names in 1997

  1. #1Michael37,562
  2. #2Jacob34,163
  3. #3Matthew31,517
  4. #4Christopher29,108
  5. #5Joshua28,289
  6. #6Nicholas27,258
  7. #7Andrew25,208
  8. #8Brandon25,197
  9. #9Austin25,118
  10. #10Tyler24,879
  11. #7,281Tailor7
More about 1997

girls

1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 24,517 of them was named Tailor, which outranked 87.6% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tailor
  1. #1,983Remy72
  2. #1,983Torri72
  3. #1,983Tristyn72
  4. #2,002Tailor71
  5. #2,002Ami71
  6. #2,002Andi71
  7. #2,002Ania71
  8. #2,023Aleisha70
  9. #2,023Alexzandria70
  10. #2,023Andreina70

Tied with 20 names at #2,002; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
  1. 9,582Yulisa#10,567#985
  2. 3,882Yulissa#4,306#424
  3. 2,634Tea#3,429#795
  4. 2,046Taya#2,901#855
  5. 1,202Julisa#1,930#728
Fallers
  1. 931Yamilex#707#1,638
  2. 477Suzette#998#1,475
  3. 457Chynna#834#1,291
  4. 396Moesha#547#943
  5. 377Daijah#975#1,352

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,885,140 boys got a published name in 1997; 1 in 269,306 of them was named Tailor, which outranked 32.7% of the 10,814 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tailor
  1. #6,618Ziaire8
  2. #6,618Ziyad8
  3. #6,618Zoltan8
  4. #7,281Tailor7
  5. #7,281Aadil7
  6. #7,281Aaronjames7
  7. #7,281Abdalrahman7
  8. #8,110Aaditya6
  9. #8,110Aaric6
  10. #8,110Aashish6

Tied with 828 names at #7,281; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
  1. 1,420Jaret#2,145#725
  2. 712Kobe#1,265#553
  3. 580Ronaldo#1,465#885
  4. 420Jarett#1,334#914
  5. 416Gianni#1,093#677
Fallers
  1. 562Shaquille#662#1,224
  2. 373Dalvin#977#1,350
  3. 355Montel#990#1,345
  4. 328Codie#884#1,212
  5. 328Jair#884#1,212

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1997