Given name & surname
Tayler
“cutter of cloth; one who alters garments”·“one who alters garments”
Tayler is a variant of Taylor. Interpretations include “cutter of cloth; one who alters garments” (English) and “one who alters garments” (English). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Tayler is a variant of Taylor. Interpretations include “cutter of cloth; one who alters garments” (English) and “one who alters garments” (English). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Tayler is a variant of Taylor. An origin associated with Taylor is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1978. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Tayler is a variant of Taylor. The history of Taylor gives this family its wider story. Taylor’s naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Tayler through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 13,756
- 2,587 boys · 11,169 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 1,024 babies
- 2025
- 46
- #4,236 for boys · #5,893 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −33%
- Easing
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 33% boys.
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 25 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,236 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 34.6% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 171 in 1994. It also appeared in 21 birth records for girls in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 11,972 as a first name in 2020; 1,126 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Tayler
- Tayler WilesAmerican road racing cyclistborn 1989
- Tayler HillAmerican basketball player (born 1990)
- Tayler PersonsAmerican basketball player (born 1995)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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