Taylor: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced TAY-ler · 2 syllables

From tailor. Doublet of Tailor.

How popular is Taylor?

Taylor was the #403 name in the US in 2025, given to 1,170 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 69% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1990.

Babies named Taylor in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1990).

Half of US adults named Taylor are older than 30; most are between 19 and 39. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Taylor have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Taylor is pronounced TAY-ler.

Taylor was the #403 name in the US in 2025, given to 1,170 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 69% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1990.

Half of US adults named Taylor are older than 30. Most are between 19 and 39.