Taylor
An occupational surname, from Old French tailleur, “cutter of cloth.”
Popularity, 1880–2025
A tailor's surname that led the 1990s unisex surname wave for girls; Taylor Swift has kept it familiar since.
Taylor appears in the national records from the very first year, 1880. It has ranked among the top 100 names for American girls in every year from 1989 to 2016. It spent 8 years inside the top 10. Its biggest year was 1993, when 21,270 newborn girls received the name, ranking it No. 7 nationally. Its best ranking came in 1994, at No. 6. In 2025 it ranked No. 403 for girls. The name has also seen real use for boys: 113,541 of the 443,686 Americans given the name since 1880.
Related names
Other spellings on record: Tayler (13,756), Taylar (2,534), Taelor (2,437), Tailor (1,131), Talor (748), Taylore (678) (total births since 1880)
Explore Taylor interactively →By the decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 32 | No. 4385 |
| 1960s | 94 | No. 3199 |
| 1970s | 626 | No. 966 |
| 1980s | 13,623 | No. 75 |
| 1990s | 169,040 | No. 6 |
| 2000s | 100,999 | No. 10 |
| 2010s | 38,221 | No. 37 |
| 2020s | 7,510 | No. 162 |
Births and rank shown for girls, the sex more often given the name. The Social Security Administration omits name–year combinations with fewer than five births.
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Data: U.S. Social Security Administration national baby-name file, 1880–2025.