NameTides

Taylor

Taylor was the #403 girls' name in the US in 2025 (772 babies), and #1,512 in England & Wales and #444 in Canada.

Taylor as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Taylor as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaIrelandScotlandEngland & Wales
Taylor as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#403 (772)#1,512 (20)#474 (6)—#443 (8)#444 (69)—
2024#353 (879)#795 (47)#384 (8)#227 (7)#441 (8)#357 (84)—
2023#260 (1,195)#632 (58)#323 (11)—#339 (11)#313 (97)—
2022#216 (1,371)#576 (67)#470 (6)#243 (7)#232 (19)#272 (109)—
2021#192 (1,545)#634 (61)#304 (12)#266 (6)#390 (10)#237 (132)—
2020#162 (1,748)#571 (69)#229 (16)—#294 (14)#193 (148)—
2019#135 (2,048)#526 (77)#267 (14)—#221 (22)#159 (176)—
2018#121 (2,500)#449 (97)#225 (18)#313 (5)#255 (18)#161 (181)—
2017#113 (2,705)#448 (98)#237 (18)#263 (6)#211 (24)#126 (221)—
2016#89 (3,281)#341 (143)#205 (22)#229 (8)#200 (25)#130 (230)—
2015#77 (3,756)#290 (167)#131 (37)#188 (11)#170 (34)#119 (256)—
2014#77 (3,818)#291 (164)#137 (36)#178 (11)#203 (26)#83 (330)—
2013#59 (4,145)#200 (255)#100 (47)#141 (14)#108 (58)#119 (260)—
2012#46 (4,873)#213 (236)#81 (63)#146 (13)#105 (62)#66 (383)—
2011#44 (5,195)#209 (241)#76 (70)#147 (15)#102 (66)#53 (450)—

Taylor as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Taylor as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandEngland & WalesUSCanadaIreland
Taylor as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#683 (398)#507 (76)#262 (15)—#829 (3)#1,127 (22)—
2024#665 (412)#385 (108)#227 (18)—#785 (3)#842 (30)—
2023#589 (486)#329 (132)#278 (13)——#630 (42)—
2022#616 (454)#328 (133)#312 (12)#352 (4)—#616 (43)—
2021#639 (431)#398 (108)#328 (11)#433 (3)—#585 (48)—
2020#593 (467)#372 (117)#261 (15)—#496 (6)#778 (31)—
2019#595 (465)#307 (159)#204 (23)#312 (5)—#607 (44)—
2018#530 (535)#267 (190)#253 (16)#255 (7)#520 (6)#524 (53)—
2017#502 (577)#205 (260)#210 (24)#250 (7)#418 (8)#447 (65)—
2016#475 (646)#209 (268)#256 (17)#320 (5)#491 (6)#441 (67)—
2015#462 (658)#198 (291)#213 (23)#211 (10)#459 (7)#422 (72)—
2014#432 (700)#169 (339)#170 (34)#315 (5)#609 (4)#432 (69)—
2013#372 (825)#118 (506)#122 (52)#138 (19)#282 (16)#321 (100)—
2012#348 (887)#93 (677)#106 (64)#142 (19)#250 (21)#348 (87)—
2011#336 (901)#92 (696)#89 (75)#131 (22)#263 (19)#263 (123)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1993 at #7.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1951.
  • In 2025, 66% of US babies named Taylor were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,100 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 2,100uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 13,000rare
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,600uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon
USBoys2025about 1 in 4,300uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 3,600uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 7,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Taylor is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,500 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,200 to 1 in 2,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Taylor by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #484WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #332WAIdaho: #402IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #397MNIllinois: #344ILMichigan: #438MINew York: #505NYMassachusetts: #564MAOregon: #429ORNevada: #292NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #565IAIndiana: #377INOhio: #316OHPennsylvania: #414PANew Jersey: #470NJConnecticut: #393CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #474CAUtah: #539UTColorado: #370CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #418MOKentucky: #383KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #606VAMaryland: #327MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #306AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #286KSArkansas: #335ARTennessee: #389TNNorth Carolina: #304NCSouth Carolina: #347SCDistrict of Columbia: #109DCOklahoma: #312OKLouisiana: #241LAMississippi: #182MSAlabama: #184ALGeorgia: #402GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #495TXFlorida: #342FL
Taylor (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#40831
Quebec2025#6696

Taylor (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
TaylorCanadaGirls#44469
TaylorCanadaBoys#1,12722
TaylorEngland & WalesGirls#1,51220
Taylor-England & WalesGirls—too few
TaylorEngland & WalesBoys#50776
Taylor-England & WalesBoys—too few
TaylorIrelandGirls#4438
TaylorIrelandBoys#8293
TaylorNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
TaylorNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
TaylorNSWGirls—too few
TaylorNSWBoys—too few
TaylorScotlandGirls#4746
TaylorScotlandBoys#26215
TaylorUSGirls#403772
TaylorUSBoys#683398