Taylan
Taylan is a masculine Turkish given name. In Turkish, "Taylan" means "gracious", and/or "tall and skinny person".
- Turkish
Meaning & Origin of Taylan
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Taylan is a masculine Turkish given name. In Turkish, "Taylan" means "gracious", and/or "tall and skinny person".
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Turkish
The Story of Taylan
As a girl name
American parents first put Taylan on the record books as a girl name in 1993, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2010, when 21 Taylans were born — ranking #6,182 that year. About 39% of every Taylan on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Taylan last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 351 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Taylan on the record books as a boy name in 1991, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2010, when 47 Taylans were born — ranking #2,579 that year. About 38% of every Taylan on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Taylan ranks #4,409 for boys with 24 births, gradually falling (-13%). All told, over 926 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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About the name Taylan
Taylan is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1991 and has accumulated 926 births in the dataset. Taylan's peak popularity came in 2010 when it ranked #2,579. Use the chart and map above to compare Taylan'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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