# Taylor (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/taylor/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈteɪ.lɚ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Tay |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 443,686 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 113,541 / 330,145 (74% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 21,841, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From tailor. Doublet of Tailor.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5,195 | 44 |
| 2012 | 4,873 | 46 |
| 2013 | 4,145 | 59 |
| 2014 | 3,818 | 77 |
| 2015 | 3,756 | 77 |
| 2016 | 3,281 | 89 |
| 2017 | 2,705 | 113 |
| 2018 | 2,500 | 121 |
| 2019 | 2,048 | 135 |
| 2020 | 1,748 | 162 |
| 2021 | 1,545 | 192 |
| 2022 | 1,371 | 216 |
| 2023 | 1,195 | 260 |
| 2024 | 879 | 353 |
| 2025 | 772 | 403 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 901 | 336 |
| 2012 | 887 | 348 |
| 2013 | 825 | 372 |
| 2014 | 700 | 432 |
| 2015 | 658 | 462 |
| 2016 | 646 | 475 |
| 2017 | 577 | 505 |
| 2018 | 535 | 530 |
| 2019 | 465 | 596 |
| 2020 | 467 | 593 |
| 2021 | 431 | 642 |
| 2022 | 454 | 617 |
| 2023 | 486 | 590 |
| 2024 | 412 | 667 |
| 2025 | 398 | 685 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 241 | 209 |
| 2012 | 236 | 213 |
| 2013 | 255 | 200 |
| 2014 | 164 | 291 |
| 2015 | 167 | 290 |
| 2016 | 143 | 341 |
| 2017 | 98 | 448 |
| 2018 | 97 | 449 |
| 2019 | 77 | 526 |
| 2020 | 69 | 571 |
| 2021 | 61 | 634 |
| 2022 | 67 | 576 |
| 2023 | 58 | 632 |
| 2024 | 47 | 795 |
| 2025 | 20 | 1,512 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 696 | 92 |
| 2012 | 677 | 93 |
| 2013 | 506 | 118 |
| 2014 | 339 | 169 |
| 2015 | 291 | 198 |
| 2016 | 268 | 209 |
| 2017 | 260 | 205 |
| 2018 | 190 | 267 |
| 2019 | 159 | 307 |
| 2020 | 117 | 372 |
| 2021 | 108 | 398 |
| 2022 | 133 | 328 |
| 2023 | 132 | 329 |
| 2024 | 108 | 385 |
| 2025 | 76 | 507 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: تَايْلُور, الخَيَّاط, خَيَّاط
- Bulgarian: Те́йлър
- Chinese: 泰勒
- Japanese: テイラー
- Korean: 테일러
- Polish: Taylor, Krawiec, Krawczyk, Sznajder
- Russian: Те́йлор, Кравцов, Портнов, Портнягин
- Catalan: Sastre
- Czech: Krejči, Krejčík, Krejčír
- Dutch: Snijders, Sneijder, Kleermaker
- French: Tailler, Couture, Couturier, Sartre
- German: Schneider, Schneidermann
- Greek: Ραπτης
- Hebrew: חייט
- Hindi: दर्ज़ी
- Hungarian: Szabó
- Indonesian: Panjaitan
- Italian: Sarti, Sarto, Sartini, Sartor
- Portuguese: Alfaiate
- Romanian: Croitoru

## People named Taylor

- Taylor Swift, American singer-songwriter (born 1989)
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet, literary critic and philosopher (1772–1834)
- Taylor Lautner, American actor
- Taylor Momsen, American actress, singer and model
- Taylor Hawkins, American drummer (1972–2022)
- Taylor Schilling, American actress
- Taylor Kitsch, Canadian actor and model
- Taylor Dayne, American pop singer
- Taylor Fritz, American tennis player (born 1997)
- Taylor Russell, Canadian actress
- Taylor Kinney, American actor (born 1981)
- Jonathan Taylor Thomas, American actor

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.