Taylor

English occupational name
"tailor"

Taylor Origin and Meaning

The name Taylor is a boy's name of English origin meaning "tailor".

Taylor was much more popular throughout the 1990s for both genders than it is today. Close to the Top 50 boys' names in the mid-1990s, Taylor recently fell out of the Top 500 for boys and out of the Top 100 for girls, and is predicted to continue on a downward trajectory for both genders. Similar but more stylish baby names today include Sawyer, Sayer and Thayer.

# 591 in the US

Taylor Rank in US Top 1000

# 375 on Nameberry

Taylor Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Taylor Popularity

Famous People Named Taylor

  • Taylor Daniel Lautner
    American actor
  • Taylor Reuben Hicks
    American singer,songwriter
  • (Jordan) Taylor Hanson
    American musician of band Hanson
  • Taylor Jacks Kinney
    American actor
  • Taylor Kitsch
    Canadian actor
  • (Oliver) Taylor Hawkins
    American drummer
  • Taylor Laurence Handley
    American actor
  • Taylor Benjamin York
    American guitarist of band Paramore
  • Taylor Branch
    American author and historian
  • Taylor Austin James
    American DJ and MC
  • Taylor Lee Douthit
    American baseball player
  • Taylor Jordan
    American baseball pitcher
  • Taylor Strba Hall
    Canadian ice hockey player
  • Taylor Houser Jacobs
    American NFL football player
  • Taylor Mays
    American NFL football player
  • Taylor Reed
    American CFL football player
  • Taylor James Henderson
    Australian singer
  • Taylor Worth
    Australian archer
  • Taylor Ruck
    Canadian swimmer
  • Roger Meddows Taylor
    drummer of Queen
  • Jonathan Taylor Thomas
    American actor
  • Taylor McFerrin
    American musician; son of singer Bobby McFerrin
  • Taylor Levi Estevez (b. 1984)
    son of American actor Emilio Estevez
  • Taylor Biehn (b. 1984)
    son of actors Michael Biehn and Carlene Olson; twin brother Devon
  • Taylor Holmes (b. 1987)
    son of actor Scott Holmes
  • Taylor Christian Funk (b. 1995)
    son of golfer Fred Funk
  • Taylor Douglas (b. 1996)
    son of actor Aaron Douglas
  • Taylor Baxter Burton (b. 1997)
    son of singer Dolores O'Riordan and Don Burton
  • Taylor Robson Green (b. 2000)
    son of actor Robson Green and model Vanya Seager
  • Taylor Kewell (b. 2001)
    son of actress Sheree Murphy and footballer Harry Kewell
  • Taylor Thomas Hasselbeck (b. 2007)
    son of TV personality Elisabeth and Tim Hasselbeck
  • Taylor Grodin
    voice actor on Youtube series "Inanimate Insanity"
  • Damilola Taylor (b. 1989)
    11 year old Nigerian,British boy who was stabbed and bled to death in 2000

Taylor in Pop Culture

  • Taylor Healy
    character on TV's "Lipstick Jungle"
  • Taylor
    a lead character on "American Crime"
  • Taylor
    a character in the webseries "Awesome Land"
  • Taylor
    character from TV's "Barry"
  • Taylor
    protagonist astronaut in Planet of the Apes
  • Taylor Doose
    character on “Gilmore Girls”