Taylyn

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 26 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
26
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Taylyn by the numbers

Taylyn was given to 26 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 52 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Taylyn

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Taylyn. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Taylintailor, one who cuts cloth; a form of Taylor119 in the US (2017)
  • Taelyn134 in the US (2017)
  • Taylynn69 in the US (2017)
  • Talyn46 in the US (2017)
  • Tailyn45 in the US (2017)
  • Taylon29 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Taylyn

Names that are said the same way as Taylyn, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Talineof the weaving, from the craft3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Talan65 in the US (2017)
  • Taleen14 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Tailynn44 in the US (2017)
  • Talynn35 in the US (2017)
  • Talen29 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Taylyn

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