US baby names · Girls and boys · 1880–2025
Taylor: name popularity by year
How often US parents chose Taylor for a baby girl, year by year, from Social Security Administration records. When it peaked, how long it stayed in the top 10, and which generation it belongs to.
Taylor was one of the 10 most common girls' names in the US in 8 years, between 1993 and 2000, reaching #6. Births peaked in 1993, when 21,270 baby girls were named Taylor, so by peak year it is a Millennials name.
Taylor in the US top 10, by year
Rank among girls' names, #1 at the top. Blank years: outside the top 10. Dashed line: the year with the most babies named Taylor (1993).
Top-10 years by generation
| Generation | Years in top 10 | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| Millennials | 4 (1993–1996) | #6 |
| Generation Z | 4 (1997–2000) | #7 |
Taylor as a boys' name
SSA also records Taylor for baby boys, and ranks it separately. It never reached the boys' top 10, but did reach a yearly top 100.
Questions people ask
When was the name Taylor most popular?
By number of babies, in 1993, when 21,270 girls were given the name. By rank, it reached #6 and spent 8 years in the top 10.
What generation is the name Taylor?
Its peak year, 1993, falls in Millennials (1981–1996). Its 8 top-10 years fall in: Millennials (4), Generation Z (4).
How many people have been named Taylor?
SSA counted 330,145 girls named Taylor born from 1880 to 2025. That is births, not people alive today, and it misses many people born before 1937 who never applied for a Social Security card.
In the top 10 at the same time
Source: US Social Security Administration baby-name data, from Social Security card applications for births in the 50 states and the District of Columbia, 1880–2025. Many people born before 1937 never applied for a card, so early years undercount. Spellings are counted separately. We hold each year's top 10 in rank order and each name's peak-year and all-time counts, so the chart shows rank rather than births per year. This page gives no meaning or origin for the name and no estimate of how many people named Taylor are alive today.