Taylor

#403 for girls in 2025, 772 births · #683 for boys in 2025, 398 births
Given to girls 74.4% of the time

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Peak · girls
1994 · 20,734 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
28 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
330,145
since 1951

Taylor over time

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201974peak #6, 1994peak #51, 1993girlsboys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#403772#683398
2024#353879#665412
2023#2601,195#589486
2022#2161,371#616454
2021#1921,545#639431
2020#1621,748#593467
2019#1352,048#595465
2018#1212,500#530535
2017#1132,705#502577
2016#893,281#475646
2015#773,756#462658
2014#773,818#432700
2013#594,145#372825
2012#464,873#348887
2011#445,195#336901
2010#375,900#327956
2009#227,590#2981,093
2008#228,344#2561,368
2007#247,965#2491,432
2006#238,566#2211,630
2005#248,676#2221,576
2004#229,303#2161,613
2003#1910,314#2021,829
2002#1811,468#1901,964
2001#1213,693#1652,309
2000#1015,080#1362,854
1999#816,906#1203,071
1998#718,576#1043,581
1997#719,504#874,333
1996#619,155#824,798
1995#620,426#695,521
1994#620,734#546,626
1993#721,270#517,688
1992#1714,954#528,239
1991#3210,253#527,972
1990#467,262#646,579
1989#754,069#724,859
1988#1022,801#913,492
1987#1641,705#1172,433
1986#2181,215#1362,033
1985#2451,052#1531,794
1984#278868#1801,416
1983#336686#2171,055
1982#380604#244948
1981#511388#273774
1980#713235#311616
1979#966149#380448
1978#1,072123#431342
1977#1,067122#448319
1976#1,51468#519240
1975#2,23237#601182
1974#2,10039#592181
1973#2,62927#681137
1972#3,17720#707128
1971#3,06222#698142
1970#3,31119#753119
1969#3,19918#723116
1968#4,7799#655133
1967#3,48414#81180
1966#3,95911#77488
1965#82081
1964#3,51514#80987
1963#6,5925#79591
1962#5,8606#81587
1961#5,3097#751105
1960#4,18410#79693
1959#750103
1958#5,4086#75596
1957#4,5368#80387
1956#5,3256#84978
1955#82978
1954#5,7535#78883
1953#75489
1952#693102
1951#4,3857#85267
1950#75583
1949#69297
1948#72286
1947#74884
1946#74678
1945#71872
1944#81060
1943#70084
1942#78667
1941#73371
1940#71173
1939#74565
1938#70075
1937#63785
1936#75664
1935#63386
1934#72272
1933#72171
1932#69179
1931#85855
1930#70478
1929#64491
1928#66190
1927#71084
1926#64296
1925#69087
1924#575124
1923#66094
1922#66693
1921#605109
1920#604108
1919#548119
1918#512137
1917#532119
1916#571101
1915#539107
1914#52089
1913#50773
1912#52157
1911#43245
1910#46135
1909#41935
1908#54122
1907#46425
1906#43126
1905#38430
1904#36031
1903#47020
1902#47520
1901#37125
1900#30148
1899#34627
1898#38526
1897#32732
1896#33132
1895#36826
1894#39922
1893#34926
1892#34829
1891#36422
1890#37622
1889#33228
1888#34329
1887#36620
1886#36922
1885#33226
1884#38621
1883#31827
1882#33227
1881#25239
1880#27637
First appearance
1951

The first year at least five girls were named Taylor! It came in at #4,385, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1952–1955, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Taylor
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 50 spots since 2024 (#353#403)
  • 241 spots since 2020 (#162#403)
  • 326 spots since 2015 (#77#403)
  • Biggest jump: 253 spots in 1980 (#966#713)
  • Biggest drop: 93 spots in 2024 (#260#353)
Rise & fade · girls
43 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1951
  • Peaked 1994 at #6 (20,734 births)
  • Births halved by 2003, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 10 for 8 yrs
  • Top 10: 8 yrs · run 1993–2000
  • Top 100: 28 yrs · run 1989–2016
  • Top 1,000: 47 yrs · run 1979–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 85
  • Highest: 1 in 85 girls born in 1993 were named Taylor (1.2%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,082 girls born in 2025 (0.05%)
  • Its best rank, #6 in 1994, was only 1 in 86 (1.2%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 51.2% of all girls named Taylor (169,040) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1990
  • Mostly boys until 1989, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s32#4,385 (1951)#5,081
1960s94#3,199 (1969)#4,542
1970s626#966 (1979)#2,113
1980s13,623#75 (1989)#302
1990s169,040#6 (1994)#14
2000s100,999#10 (2000)#20
2010s38,221#37 (2010)#80
2020s7,510#162 (2020)#264

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.

Taylor in 1974

girls
#2,100
39 births · 1 in 37,629 girls
boys
#592
181 births · 1 in 8,687 boys

Top girls' names in 1974

  1. #1Jennifer63,107
  2. #2Amy29,566
  3. #3Michelle25,826
  4. #4Heather23,179
  5. #5Angela22,803
  6. #6Kimberly22,427
  7. #7Melissa22,166
  8. #8Lisa19,778
  9. #9Stephanie16,984
  10. #10Rebecca15,163
  11. #2,100Taylor39

Top boys' names in 1974

  1. #1Michael67,534
  2. #2Jason54,756
  3. #3Christopher48,585
  4. #4David41,786
  5. #5James41,334
  6. #6John37,612
  7. #7Robert37,005
  8. #8Brian34,449
  9. #9Matthew27,194
  10. #10William26,980
  11. #592Taylor181
More about 1974

girls

1,467,534 girls got a published name in 1974; 1 in 37,629 of them was named Taylor, which outranked 79.5% of the 10,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Taylor
  1. #2,066Tiffini40
  2. #2,066Tiffney40
  3. #2,066Zabrina40
  4. #2,100Taylor39
  5. #2,100Aliza39
  6. #2,100Carlee39
  7. #2,100Caron39
  8. #2,133Adelaida38
  9. #2,133Anastacia38
  10. #2,133Angelle38

Tied with 32 names at #2,100; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1973
Risers
  1. 6,440Nakia#6,666#226
  2. 5,329Nikia#6,080#751
  3. 1,994Luciana#2,914#920
  4. 1,556Cortney#2,349#793
  5. 1,213Nia#1,885#672
Fallers
  1. 1,251Contina#962#2,213
  2. 396Pam#990#1,386
  3. 376Tracee#536#912
  4. 364Cher#760#1,124
  5. 314Richard#904#1,218

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

boys

1,572,334 boys got a published name in 1974; 1 in 8,687 of them was named Taylor, which outranked 90.1% of the 6,004 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Taylor
  1. #587Shelby184
  2. #590Collin183
  3. #590Stevie183
  4. #592Taylor181
  5. #592Cole181
  6. #592Jasen181
  7. #595Alexis180
  8. #595Anton180
  9. #595Dirk180

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1973
Risers
  1. 3,544Rashad#4,505#961
  2. 844Telly#1,312#468
  3. 398Jabari#1,312#914
  4. 356Ahmad#1,123#767
  5. 356Toma#1,238#882
Fallers
  1. 383Parrish#987#1,370
  2. 378Fredric#957#1,335
  3. 346Jory#753#1,099
  4. 301Vidal#834#1,135
  5. 277Pat#847#1,124

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

See the top 100 for 1974