How Many People Are Named Taylor?
people named Taylor are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 792 people in the US has this name
Based on 443,686 babies named Taylor in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
28,958 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an English surname which originally denoted someone who was a tailor, from Norman French tailleur, ultimately from Latin taliare "to cut". Its modern use as a feminine name may have been influenced by British author Taylor Caldwell (1900-1985).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Taylor in English. Counting Taylor and these spellings together, about 444,636 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Taylor, 75.5% were girls and 24.5% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Taylor rose from 0% in the 1880s to 73.9% in the 2020s. It was highest in the 2000s, at 85.1%.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Taylor alive today is about 26 years old, and 61% are under 30. Half of them were between 21 and 32 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Taylor first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1993, to 28,958 babies. In 2025, 1,170 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Taylor reached #6 among girls' names in 1994 to 1996, and was in the top 10 for 8 years, 1993 to 2000. In 2025 it ranked #403. Among boys, its best rank was #51, in 1993.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #403 | #685 |
| Best rank | #6 (1994 to 1996) | #51 (1993) |
| Years in the top 10 | 8 | None |
| Years in the top 100 | 28 (1989 to 2016) | 10 (1988 to 1997) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #9 in the 1990s | #65 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Taylor alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Taylor were born in California than in any other state: about 37,828 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Taylor was given 2.2 times as often in Wyoming, 2 times in North Dakota and 1.9 times in Montana.
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