Is Tailor a boy or girl name?

Tailor is mostly a girl’s name. Of the 1,131 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 85.8% were girls and 14.2% were boys.

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Tailor

Recorded 1988–2024 · United States

Tailor was most popular in 1997, when 78 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,219 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,131 people named Tailor.

Tailor over time

Births per year. The dot marks Tailor’s peak in 1997. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Tailor a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Tailor is mostly a girl’s name — 85.8% of the 1,131 Americans given it were girls and 14.2% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 92% girls and 8% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Tailor

Where Tailor is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

Texas 4.7×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org