Taylor
A unisex name of Old French origin, meaning tailor, one who cuts cloth.
How Taylor has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #77 |
| 2016 | #90 |
| 2017 | #113 |
| 2018 | #121 |
| 2019 | #135 |
| 2020 | #163 |
| 2021 | #192 |
| 2022 | #217 |
| 2023 | #261 |
| 2024 | #353 |
| 2025 | #403 |
Taylor by the numbers
In 2025, 76 babies in England and Wales were named Taylor. In the US, 3,263 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 21,266 babies in 1993, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
At its height, in 1995, about 1 in 94 American babies born that year was called Taylor.
Names that come from Taylor
Forms of Taylor in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Taylenone who cuts cloth; a modern respelling of Taylor154 in the US (2017)
- Taylintailor, one who cuts cloth; a form of Taylor119 in the US (2017)
- Tayleeone who cuts cloth; a modern respelling of Taylor98 in the US (2017)
- Taylatailor; a form of Taylor90 in the US (2017)
- Taylahtailor; a form of Taylor23 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Taylor. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Taylor
Names that are said the same way as Taylor, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Taylor
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