Tailor
A tailor is a person who makes or alters clothing, particularly men's clothing. The Oxford English Dictionary dates the term to the thirteenth century.
Meaning & Origin of Tailor
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
A tailor is a person who makes or alters clothing, particularly men's clothing. The Oxford English Dictionary dates the term to the thirteenth century.
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Origin & history
The Story of Tailor
As a girl name
American parents first put Tailor on the record books as a girl name in 1988, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1997, when 71 Tailors were born — ranking #2,002 that year. About 52% of every Tailor on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Tailor last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 970 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Tailor as a boy name dates back to 1989, when 8 babies received it. 1992 was its biggest year on record, with 12 newborns named Tailor — #4,564 in the national rankings. About 53% of every Tailor on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Tailor last appeared in the published SSA data in 2016, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 161 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Tailor
Tailor is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1988 and has accumulated 970 births in the dataset. Tailor's peak popularity came in 1997 when it ranked #2,002. Use the chart and map above to compare Tailor's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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