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Taylor

“cutter of cloth; one who alters garments”·“one who alters garments”

Taylor is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “cutter of cloth; one who alters garments” (English) and “one who alters garments” (English). These may reflect different naming traditions.

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Meaning & origin

What it means

Interpretations include “cutter of cloth; one who alters garments” (English) and “one who alters garments” (English). These may reflect different naming traditions.

Where it comes from

An origin associated with this spelling is English.

How it developed

It entered given-name use through an existing surname.

The story

Its naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.

Taylor through the years

Babies since 1880: 443,686; 113,541 boys · 330,145 girls
Most popular year: 1993; 28,958 babies
2025: 1,170; #403 for girls · #685 for boys
2021–25 vs 2016–20: −47%; Cooling

Boys Girls

Taylor in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1880–2025, per million births of each sex. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

Boys, girls and both

The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 21% boys.

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Five-year rolling share of U.S. births. Blank stretches had too few births to read.

Where it’s given

Most at home inMississippi, Louisiana, Alabama

FewerMore, relative to births Not published

2025 births by state of birth. Tiles are equal-sized so small states stay visible. Highest rates: Mississippi (22), Louisiana (31), Alabama (30), Arizona (34), Colorado (26).

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 772 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 403 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 53.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 21,270 in 1993. It also appeared in 398 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (71). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 389,216 as a first name in 2020; 723,758 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.

Taylor’s family of names

In English usage, Taylor has a diminutive in Tay. In English usage, Taylor shares an earlier linguistic root with Tailor. Taylor has a related form in Tayler.

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Around the world

Taylor has relatives in 30 languages. Lines run from its English roots to each of them.

Englishwhere Taylor comes from · 4 names

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Dots on the border stand for languages further away. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 22

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Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 61

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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