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Tayler

Gender
Boy
Say it
TAY-ler
Origin
English
UK rank, 2025
#3,747 for boys
US rank, 2025
#5,721 for girls

Tayler is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “tailor”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).

What does Tayler mean?

English: spelling variant of Taylor

“tailor”

Taylor is an occupational surname, from Old French tailleur, 'cutter'.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Tayler a girl's or a boy's name?

Tayler is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 21 girls and 25 boys in the US.

How popular is Tayler in the UK?

Rank in 2025
3,747th among boys
Babies in 2025
5 about 1 in 60,000 boys
Five-year trend
Rising fast up 250% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Tayler, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2001, with 37 boys.

Half of all the boys named Tayler in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2010. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

In 2025, 96 boys in the UK were given Tayler or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #455, up from #3,747 for this spelling alone.

In 1996, 67% of the babies named Tayler in the UK were girls. By 2014 it was 38%, with more boys than girls since 2008.

Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 37 in 20012025
Tayler in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20255#3,747
20245#3,772
20234#4,335
20220–
20210–
20200–
20194#4,126
20180–
20177#2,875
20167#2,947
20155#3,527
201413#1,834
201312#1,901
201220#1,342
201111#2,011
201033#951
200933#919
200826#1,071
200718#1,343
200620#1,167
200523#1,033
200429#822
200330#773
200217#1,067
200137#576
200024#785
199931#633
199819#878
199719#864
199621#768

How popular is Tayler in the US?

Rank in 2025
5,721st among girls
Babies in 2025
21 about 1 in 77,000 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 41% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Tayler, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,755th. Its busiest year was 1993, with 871 girls. It first appears in the records in 1978. 25 boys were also named Tayler in 2025 (4,138th for boys).

Half of all the girls named Tayler in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 805 girls in the US were given Tayler or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #410, up from #5,721 for this spelling alone.

In 2025, 46% of the babies named Tayler in the US were girls.

1978Busiest: 871 in 19932025
Tayler in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202521#5,721
202420#5,959
202323#5,386
202219#6,224
202134#4,163
202027#4,755
201929#4,652
201853#3,049
201768#2,573
201675#2,446
201571#2,524
201496#2,038
2013104#1,918
2012116#1,774
2011130#1,646
2010156#1,450
2009208#1,205
2008212#1,200
2007242#1,083
2006290#910
2005281#894
2004321#794
2003354#723
2002365#686
2001438#584
2000512#515
1999611#440
1998623#424
1997668#390
1996696#383
1995737#357
1994830#325
1993871#306
1992606#418
1991441#529
1990296#706
1989190#937
1988125#1,203
198763#1,837
198639#2,511
198536#2,656
198420#3,873
198319#3,948
198214#4,943
198113#5,253
19800–
19790–
19786#8,560

Nicknames for Tayler

Names like Tayler

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Tayler: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tayler, updated 20 October 2026.