How rare is the name Tayler?

11,972 people in the United States have the first name Tayler, about 1 in 25,228. It ranks #2,199 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

TAYLER

#2,199

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,972
About
1 in 25,228
This common or more
78.9%
Who bears it

Of the 11,972 people named Tayler, 73.6% reported their origin as White, 11.9% as Black and 6.7% as Hispanic or Latino. 81.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Tayler peaked in 1993, when 1,024 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19782025
Peak year
1993
Births that year
1,024
In 2025*
46 ▼96%
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 13,756 babies have been given the name since 1978. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Tayler by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #696. The largest share of babies named Tayler, 48.4%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1970s#22,9486
1980s#2,664732
1990s#6967,726
2000s#1,2833,878
2010s#3,2481,149
2020s#6,120265
Generation X 1965–800%
Millennials 1981–9645%
Generation Z 1997–1248.4%
2013 and later6.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Tayler is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Tayler has been most common in Utah (4.3×), Nevada (2.9×), and Oregon (2.6×), and least common in New Jersey (0.17×).

10,261 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Spelled almost the same

6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Tayler, most common first.

Also a last name

As a last name, Tayler ranks #23,289 of 156,621, with 1,126 people. See Tayler as a last name

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