Tailyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- TAY-lin
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #6,545 for girls
Tailyn is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
What does Tailyn mean?
Modern: spelling of Tailynn; blend of Tai- (as in Taylor) and the suffix -lynn
A modern American coinage in the Kaylynn and Taylin pattern, joining a short first syllable to -lynn.
Meaning borrowed from Tailynn.
Is Tailyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Tailyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tailyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,545th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Tailyn, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,546th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 56 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Tailyn than any year since 2006.
Half of all the girls named Tailyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 310 girls in the US were given Tailyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #827, up from #6,545 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 86% of the babies named Tailyn in the US in 2015, and 72% in 2024.
Tailyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 23 | #5,440 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,996 |
| 2022 | 38 | #3,891 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,960 |
| 2020 | 29 | #4,546 |
| 2019 | 31 | #4,436 |
| 2018 | 41 | #3,676 |
| 2017 | 40 | #3,768 |
| 2016 | 41 | #3,707 |
| 2015 | 32 | #4,402 |
| 2014 | 43 | #3,583 |
| 2013 | 38 | #3,916 |
| 2012 | 41 | #3,781 |
| 2011 | 56 | #3,013 |
| 2010 | 30 | #4,734 |
| 2009 | 29 | #4,930 |
| 2008 | 21 | #6,347 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,088 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,523 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 24 | #5,087 |
| 2002 | 31 | #4,067 |
| 2001 | 25 | #4,683 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,202 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
Nicknames for Tailyn
- Tai 16 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Tailyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Teagan, Brynlee, Braelynn, Brooklyn, Raelynn, Londyn, Brylee, Devyn, Rylynn, Brynn, Rowan, Lakelynn
Other spellings of Tailyn
Names related to Tailyn
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Tailyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tailyn, updated 20 October 2026.