Fun Facts About the Name Tayler
- More than 13 thousand babies named Tayler: U.S. records list 13,755 babies given the name Tayler from 1880 through 2025. Of these, 2,587 boys received the name Tayler - about 1 boy for every 4 girls.
What Does the Name Tayler Mean?
Tayler is a variant spelling of the English name Taylor, an occupational name meaning "tailor" - a person who cuts and sews cloth. The word entered Middle English as taillour, borrowed from Old French tailleur, which comes from the verb taillier, "to cut." That verb descends from Late Latin taliare, "to cut or split," itself from Latin talea, a cutting or a rod. The literal sense is "cutter," a meaning that in everyday use was narrowed to the clothing trade. Tayler carries no separate etymology of its own; its meaning is the same as Taylor's, and the difference between them is spelling rather than sense.
Tayler Name History & Origins
The name began as a surname in medieval England. Tailoring was a common town trade, so the occupational label taillour or taylour was attached to many individuals as a byname, and such labels became hereditary surnames over the course of the later Middle Ages. Taylor grew into one of the most widespread surnames in England, which in turn produced a number of spelling variants, including Tayler.
As a given name, Taylor and its variants belong mainly to the 20th century, when English surnames came into wide use as first names. That fashion drew on an existing stock of surnames rather than on any single event, and the spelling Tayler simply reflects the same name written with an ay in place of the more common ay - or pattern. Because Tayler is a spelling variant, its history is the history of Taylor; it has no independent origin of its own.
How Popular is the Name Tayler?
Tayler recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 1993. Its best rank was #306 in 1993.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,893 | 21 | 0.0013% |
| 2024 | #6,115 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 2023 | #5,532 | 23 | 0.0014% |
| 2022 | #6,438 | 19 | 0.0012% |
| 2021 | #4,232 | 34 | 0.0021% |
| 2020 | #4,865 | 27 | 0.0017% |
| 2019 | #4,890 | 28 | 0.0017% |
| 2018 | #3,099 | 53 | 0.0031% |
| 2017 | #2,594 | 68 | 0.0039% |
| 2016 | #2,460 | 75 | 0.0042% |
| 2015 | #2,552 | 71 | 0.0040% |
| 2014 | #2,048 | 96 | 0.0054% |
| 2013 | #1,927 | 104 | 0.0059% |
| 2012 | #1,779 | 116 | 0.0066% |
| 2011 | #1,654 | 130 | 0.0074% |
| 2010 | #1,455 | 156 | 0.0088% |
| 2009 | #1,206 | 208 | 0.0113% |
| 2008 | #1,206 | 212 | 0.0112% |
| 2007 | #1,083 | 242 | 0.0126% |
| 2006 | #912 | 290 | 0.0153% |
| 2005 | #898 | 281 | 0.0152% |
| 2004 | #794 | 321 | 0.0175% |
| 2003 | #723 | 354 | 0.0194% |
| 2002 | #689 | 365 | 0.0203% |
| 2001 | #584 | 438 | 0.0243% |
| 2000 | #516 | 512 | 0.0282% |
| 1999 | #441 | 611 | 0.0344% |
| 1998 | #424 | 623 | 0.0353% |
| 1997 | #390 | 668 | 0.0384% |
| 1996 | #383 | 696 | 0.0397% |
| 1995 | #357 | 737 | 0.0419% |
| 1994 | #325 | 830 | 0.0465% |
| 1993 | #306 | 871 | 0.0481% |
| 1992 | #418 | 606 | 0.0329% |
| 1991 | #529 | 441 | 0.0235% |
| 1990 | #708 | 296 | 0.0156% |
| 1989 | #941 | 190 | 0.0103% |
| 1988 | #1,209 | 125 | 0.0070% |
| 1987 | #1,857 | 63 | 0.0036% |
| 1986 | #2,559 | 39 | 0.0023% |
| 1985 | #2,698 | 36 | 0.0021% |
| 1984 | #3,977 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 1983 | #4,098 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1982 | #5,180 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1981 | #5,550 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1978 | #9,635 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,236 | 25 | 0.0015% |
| 2024 | #4,535 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2023 | #5,635 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2022 | #4,828 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2021 | #5,087 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2020 | #5,668 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2019 | #7,573 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2018 | #5,514 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2017 | #6,298 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2016 | #4,920 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2015 | #3,973 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 2014 | #3,770 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 2013 | #4,443 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2012 | #2,998 | 39 | 0.0021% |
| 2011 | #3,502 | 31 | 0.0016% |
| 2010 | #2,866 | 42 | 0.0022% |
| 2009 | #2,841 | 43 | 0.0022% |
| 2008 | #2,712 | 46 | 0.0023% |
| 2007 | #2,597 | 48 | 0.0023% |
| 2006 | #2,032 | 66 | 0.0032% |
| 2005 | #1,834 | 71 | 0.0036% |
| 2004 | #1,973 | 62 | 0.0031% |
| 2003 | #1,733 | 71 | 0.0036% |
| 2002 | #1,814 | 64 | 0.0033% |
| 2001 | #1,541 | 79 | 0.0041% |
| 2000 | #1,258 | 105 | 0.0053% |
| 1999 | #1,214 | 105 | 0.0055% |
| 1998 | #1,168 | 108 | 0.0057% |
| 1997 | #908 | 151 | 0.0080% |
| 1996 | #901 | 149 | 0.0079% |
| 1995 | #851 | 162 | 0.0085% |
| 1994 | #809 | 171 | 0.0089% |
| 1993 | #857 | 153 | 0.0078% |
| 1992 | #861 | 151 | 0.0076% |
| 1991 | #1,069 | 104 | 0.0051% |
| 1990 | #1,115 | 93 | 0.0045% |
| 1989 | #1,420 | 60 | 0.0030% |
| 1988 | #1,616 | 45 | 0.0024% |
| 1987 | #2,208 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 1986 | #2,593 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 1985 | #2,350 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 1984 | #3,436 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1983 | #4,111 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1982 | #4,948 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1981 | #6,168 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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