Recorded 1978–2025 · United States
Tayler was most popular in 1993, when 1,024 American babies were given the name — ranking #551 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,916, with 46 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 13,756 people named Tayler.
Tayler first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1978, which makes it about 47 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 46 of the 48 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 13,756 American births named Tayler between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 13,533 are estimated to be alive today.
46 American babies were named Tayler in 2025, ranking #5,916 that year.
Tayler is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 44 births a year, against 133 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -67% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Tayler is mostly a girl’s name — 81.2% of the 13,756 Americans given it were girls and 18.8% were boys. It changed hands: since 2024 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 67% girls and 33% 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.
Roughly 13,533 Americans named Tayler are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 29 years old, and half are between 23 and 32. That is a narrow band: Tayler arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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