Is Taylen a boy or girl name?

Taylen is a unisex name. Of the 3,440 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 35.9% were girls and 64.1% were boys. It changed hands in 2013, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Taylen

Recorded 1990–2025 · United States

Taylen was most popular in 2021, when 189 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,307 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,388, with 178 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,440 people named Taylen.

Taylen over time

Births per year. The dot marks Taylen’s peak in 2021. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Taylen a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Taylen is a unisex name — 35.9% of the 3,440 Americans given it were girls and 64.1% were boys. It changed hands: since 2013 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 30% girls and 70% 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 Taylen

Where Taylen is most concentrated

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

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