Tayla
Taylor is a unisex given name mainly in use in English-speaking countries and especially in the United States. Variants include Tayla and Taylah; both are feminine and most popular in Australia and New Zealand, whose non-rhotic accents mean that they are pronounced the same as "Taylor".
- English
Meaning & Origin of Tayla
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Taylor is a unisex given name mainly in use in English-speaking countries and especially in the United States. Variants include Tayla and Taylah; both are feminine and most popular in Australia and New Zealand, whose non-rhotic accents mean that they are pronounced the same as "Taylor".
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Tayla
The earliest SSA record of Tayla as a baby girl name dates back to 1976, when 8 babies received it. 2006 was its biggest year on record, with 285 newborns named Tayla — #926 in the national rankings. About 36% of every Tayla on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Tayla ranks #3,034 for baby girls with 54 births, falling sharply (-23%). All told, over 6K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Tayla
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Tayla. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Tayla
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About the name Tayla
Tayla is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1976 and has accumulated 6K births in the dataset. Tayla's peak popularity came in 2006 when it ranked #926. Use the chart and map above to compare Tayla'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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