first name
TAYLOR
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 389,216 people named Taylor, 77% reported their origin as White, 10.5% as Black and 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino. 75.5% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Taylor peaked in 1993, when 28,958 babies got the name.
At least 443,686 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Taylor by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #19. The largest share of babies named Taylor, 45.8%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
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 Taylor is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Taylor has been most common in Nevada (2.1×), Utah (1.9×), and Alaska (1.8×), and least common in New York (0.53×).
437,965 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.
Either side of Taylor
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Taylor, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Taylor ranks #17 of 156,621, with 723,758 people. See Taylor as a last name
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