Tayler
Tayler is a surname and given name, and may refer to:
- English
Meaning & Origin of Tayler
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Tayler is a surname and given name, and may refer to:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Tayler
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Tayler as a girl name dates back to 1978, when 6 babies received it. 1993 was its biggest year on record, with 871 newborns named Tayler — #306 in the national rankings. About 57% of every Tayler on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Tayler ranks #6,709 for girls with 17 births, falling sharply (-53%). All told, over 11K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Tayler as a boy name dates back to 1981, when 6 babies received it. 1994 was its biggest year on record, with 171 newborns named Tayler — #807 in the national rankings. About 52% of every Tayler on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Tayler ranks #4,532 for boys with 23 births, rising sharply (+38% over the past five years). All told, over 3K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Tayler
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Tayler. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Tayler
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About the name Tayler
Tayler is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1978 and has accumulated 11K births in the dataset. Tayler's peak popularity came in 1993 when it ranked #306. Use the chart and map above to compare Tayler'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.