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.
- Taylor 91
- Tayler 5
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.
Tayler in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 13 | #1,834 |
| 2013 | 12 | #1,901 |
| 2012 | 20 | #1,342 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,011 |
| 2010 | 33 | #951 |
| 2009 | 33 | #919 |
| 2008 | 26 | #1,071 |
| 2007 | 18 | #1,343 |
| 2006 | 20 | #1,167 |
| 2005 | 23 | #1,033 |
| 2004 | 29 | #822 |
| 2003 | 30 | #773 |
| 2002 | 17 | #1,067 |
| 2001 | 37 | #576 |
| 2000 | 24 | #785 |
| 1999 | 31 | #633 |
| 1998 | 19 | #878 |
| 1997 | 19 | #864 |
| 1996 | 21 | #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.
Tayler in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,721 |
| 2024 | 20 | #5,959 |
| 2023 | 23 | #5,386 |
| 2022 | 19 | #6,224 |
| 2021 | 34 | #4,163 |
| 2020 | 27 | #4,755 |
| 2019 | 29 | #4,652 |
| 2018 | 53 | #3,049 |
| 2017 | 68 | #2,573 |
| 2016 | 75 | #2,446 |
| 2015 | 71 | #2,524 |
| 2014 | 96 | #2,038 |
| 2013 | 104 | #1,918 |
| 2012 | 116 | #1,774 |
| 2011 | 130 | #1,646 |
| 2010 | 156 | #1,450 |
| 2009 | 208 | #1,205 |
| 2008 | 212 | #1,200 |
| 2007 | 242 | #1,083 |
| 2006 | 290 | #910 |
| 2005 | 281 | #894 |
| 2004 | 321 | #794 |
| 2003 | 354 | #723 |
| 2002 | 365 | #686 |
| 2001 | 438 | #584 |
| 2000 | 512 | #515 |
| 1999 | 611 | #440 |
| 1998 | 623 | #424 |
| 1997 | 668 | #390 |
| 1996 | 696 | #383 |
| 1995 | 737 | #357 |
| 1994 | 830 | #325 |
| 1993 | 871 | #306 |
| 1992 | 606 | #418 |
| 1991 | 441 | #529 |
| 1990 | 296 | #706 |
| 1989 | 190 | #937 |
| 1988 | 125 | #1,203 |
| 1987 | 63 | #1,837 |
| 1986 | 39 | #2,511 |
| 1985 | 36 | #2,656 |
| 1984 | 20 | #3,873 |
| 1983 | 19 | #3,948 |
| 1982 | 14 | #4,943 |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,253 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
Nicknames for Tayler
Names like Tayler
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tyler, Hunter, Alexander, Cooper, Parker, Carter, Spencer, Dylan, Ethan, Adam, Bailey, Mason
Other spellings of Tayler
Names related to Tayler
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Harrison
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.