Taylor

What Taylor means

From the word “tailor”

From tailor

Source: Wiktionary, “Taylor” (revision 94543994), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Taylor?

US: Falling: down from #77 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #290 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1993, when 21,270 girls got the name (#7 that year). First in the US records in 1951.

How common

• About 1 in 2,082 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 12,664 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,982 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in DC (3.47 per 1,000 girls), MS (1.57 per 1,000 girls), AL (1.31 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Taylor is #403 in the US and #1512 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 66.0% of US babies named Taylor were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Tyler101 US
• Tayler21 US
• Taelor12 US
• Tylar5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Taylor

Girls

• Haley#861“hay field”^*
• Paige#346possibly “servant”^*
• Brooke#313Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1996, with 6,724 babies; 972 in 2025
• Shelby#649Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1991, with 10,220 babies; 444 in 2025
• Allison#103Form of Elon, meaning “oak tree”^*
• Kimberly#302Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #108 in 2015, #302 in 2025

For a brother

• Brandon#261“broom shrub + hill, dune”^*
• Devin#548“fortuneteller”^*
• Dillon#929Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1992, with 5,062 babies; 253 in 2025
• Tanner#475From a surname for “a tanner”^*
• Ryan#99Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1985, with 29,905 babies; 3,532 in 2025
• Kyle#508“narrows”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Taylor’s. Rank is US 2025.