Taylor remains a common baby name (#565 in 2025), down from a peak of #8 in 1993.
Taylor is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #403 among girls (772) and #685 among boys (398) — overall #566 across all names. The charts below show girls and boys separately.
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,170 | 1,170 | #403 | #685 |
| 2024 | 1,291 | 1,291 | #353 | #667 |
| 2023 | 1,681 | 1,681 | #260 | #590 |
| 2022 | 1,825 | 1,825 | #216 | #617 |
| 2021 | 1,976 | 1,976 | #192 | #642 |
| 2020 | 2,215 | 2,215 | #162 | #593 |
| 2019 | 2,513 | 2,513 | #135 | #596 |
| 2018 | 3,035 | 3,035 | #121 | #530 |
| 2017 | 3,282 | 3,282 | #113 | #505 |
| 2016 | 3,927 | 3,927 | #89 | #475 |
| 2015 | 4,414 | 4,414 | #77 | #462 |
| 2014 | 4,518 | 4,518 | #77 | #432 |
| 2013 | 4,970 | 4,970 | #59 | #372 |
| 2012 | 5,760 | 5,760 | #46 | #348 |
| 2011 | 6,096 | 6,096 | #44 | #336 |
| 2010 | 6,856 | 6,861 | #37 | #327 |
| 2009 | 8,683 | 8,683 | #22 | #298 |
| 2008 | 9,712 | 9,712 | #22 | #256 |
| 2007 | 9,397 | 9,397 | #24 | #249 |
| 2006 | 10,196 | 10,196 | #23 | #221 |
| 2005 | 10,252 | 10,252 | #24 | #222 |
| 2004 | 10,916 | 10,916 | #22 | #216 |
| 2003 | 12,143 | 12,148 | #19 | #202 |
| 2002 | 13,432 | 13,432 | #18 | #191 |
| 2001 | 16,002 | 16,008 | #12 | #165 |
| 2000 | 17,934 | 17,934 | #10 | #136 |
| 1999 | 19,977 | 19,984 | #8 | #120 |
| 1998 | 22,157 | 22,169 | #7 | #104 |
| 1997 | 23,837 | — | #7 | #87 |
| 1996 | 23,953 | — | #6 | #82 |
| 1995 | 25,947 | — | #6 | #69 |
| 1994 | 27,360 | — | #6 | #54 |
| 1993 | 28,958 | — | #7 | #51 |
| 1992 | 23,193 | — | #17 | #52 |
| 1991 | 18,225 | — | #32 | #52 |
| 1990 | 13,841 | — | #46 | #64 |
| 1989 | 8,928 | — | #75 | #72 |
| 1988 | 6,293 | — | #102 | #91 |
| 1987 | 4,138 | — | #164 | #117 |
| 1986 | 3,248 | — | #218 | #136 |
| 1985 | 2,846 | — | #245 | #153 |
| 1984 | 2,284 | — | #278 | #180 |
| 1983 | 1,741 | — | #336 | #218 |
| 1982 | 1,552 | — | #380 | #244 |
| 1981 | 1,162 | — | #511 | #273 |
| 1980 | 851 | — | #715 | #311 |
| 1979 | 597 | — | #969 | #381 |
| 1978 | 465 | — | #1,077 | #431 |
| 1977 | 441 | — | #1,071 | #449 |
| 1976 | 308 | — | #1,522 | #521 |
| 1975 | 219 | — | #2,276 | #603 |
| 1974 | 220 | — | #2,129 | #594 |
| 1973 | 164 | — | #2,676 | #682 |
| 1972 | 148 | — | #3,263 | #712 |
| 1971 | 164 | — | #3,148 | #698 |
| 1970 | 138 | — | #3,426 | #756 |
| 1969 | 134 | — | #3,305 | #726 |
| 1968 | 142 | — | #5,103 | #658 |
| 1967 | 94 | — | #3,636 | #813 |
| 1966 | 99 | — | #4,174 | #777 |
| 1965 | 81 | — | — | #825 |
| 1964 | 101 | — | #3,680 | #810 |
| 1963 | 96 | — | #7,540 | #798 |
| 1962 | 93 | — | #6,496 | #816 |
| 1961 | 112 | — | #5,787 | #754 |
| 1960 | 103 | — | #4,421 | #797 |
| 1959 | 103 | — | — | #751 |
| 1958 | 102 | — | #6,035 | #759 |
| 1957 | 95 | — | #4,877 | #811 |
| 1956 | 84 | — | #5,892 | #853 |
| 1955 | 78 | — | — | #835 |
| 1954 | 88 | — | #6,536 | #793 |
| 1953 | 89 | — | — | #757 |
| 1952 | 102 | — | — | #694 |
| 1951 | 74 | — | #4,782 | #856 |
| 1950 | 83 | — | — | #757 |
| 1949 | 97 | — | — | #697 |
| 1948 | 86 | — | — | #728 |
| 1947 | 84 | — | — | #752 |
| 1946 | 78 | — | — | #752 |
| 1945 | 72 | — | — | #727 |
| 1944 | 60 | — | — | #813 |
| 1943 | 84 | — | — | #702 |
| 1942 | 67 | — | — | #790 |
| 1941 | 71 | — | — | #738 |
| 1940 | 73 | — | — | #715 |
| 1939 | 65 | — | — | #752 |
| 1938 | 75 | — | — | #709 |
| 1937 | 85 | — | — | #647 |
| 1936 | 64 | — | — | #765 |
| 1935 | 86 | — | — | #640 |
| 1934 | 72 | — | — | #723 |
| 1933 | 71 | — | — | #728 |
| 1932 | 79 | — | — | #696 |
| 1931 | 55 | — | — | #867 |
| 1930 | 78 | — | — | #708 |
| 1929 | 91 | — | — | #647 |
| 1928 | 90 | — | — | #662 |
| 1927 | 84 | — | — | #712 |
| 1926 | 96 | — | — | #647 |
| 1925 | 87 | — | — | #695 |
| 1924 | 124 | — | — | #576 |
| 1923 | 94 | — | — | #664 |
| 1922 | 93 | — | — | #673 |
| 1921 | 109 | — | — | #608 |
| 1920 | 108 | — | — | #608 |
| 1919 | 119 | — | — | #549 |
| 1918 | 137 | — | — | #514 |
| 1917 | 119 | — | — | #536 |
| 1916 | 101 | — | — | #573 |
| 1915 | 107 | — | — | #541 |
| 1914 | 89 | — | — | #524 |
| 1913 | 73 | — | — | #508 |
| 1912 | 57 | — | — | #530 |
| 1911 | 45 | — | — | #440 |
| 1910 | 35 | — | — | #471 |
| 1909 | 35 | — | — | #426 |
| 1908 | 22 | — | — | #552 |
| 1907 | 25 | — | — | #471 |
| 1906 | 26 | — | — | #441 |
| 1905 | 30 | — | — | #391 |
| 1904 | 31 | — | — | #366 |
| 1903 | 20 | — | — | #484 |
| 1902 | 20 | — | — | #485 |
| 1901 | 25 | — | — | #378 |
| 1900 | 48 | — | — | #304 |
| 1899 | 27 | — | — | #354 |
| 1898 | 26 | — | — | #392 |
| 1897 | 32 | — | — | #330 |
| 1896 | 32 | — | — | #335 |
| 1895 | 26 | — | — | #381 |
| 1894 | 22 | — | — | #410 |
| 1893 | 26 | — | — | #357 |
| 1892 | 29 | — | — | #355 |
| 1891 | 22 | — | — | #374 |
| 1890 | 22 | — | — | #384 |
| 1889 | 28 | — | — | #337 |
| 1888 | 29 | — | — | #346 |
| 1887 | 20 | — | — | #375 |
| 1886 | 22 | — | — | #381 |
| 1885 | 26 | — | — | #343 |
| 1884 | 21 | — | — | #397 |
| 1883 | 27 | — | — | #322 |
| 1882 | 27 | — | — | #346 |
| 1881 | 39 | — | — | #256 |
| 1880 | 37 | — | — | #279 |