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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Tailyn

Tailyn was the 6800th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 17 babies. Its best year was 2011, when it ranked 3046th with 56 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,318 places. More babies were named Tailyn in the 2010s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#6,800 girls, down 2,164 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
17girls
Girls and boys
90% girls, 10% boys2021–2025
Peak year
201156 babies
Total since 1880
824babies recorded

Tailyn popularity since 1880

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GirlsBoys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Rank (boys)Babies (girls)Babies (boys)
2025#6,800—17—
2020#4,636#9,453298
2010#4,846—30—
2000#6,451—17—
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How popular is Tailyn, counting every spelling?

Tailyn is a spelling of Taelynn, a name family that ranked #875 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #6,800 for Tailyn on its own. Together these spellings went to 295 girls in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025
Taelynn88#2,138507
Taelyn69#2,563390
Taylynn57#2,955305
Tailynn34#4,260190
Taylyn30#4,655181
Tailyn17#6,800130

Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.

How many kids will share the name Tailyn?

17 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Tailyn (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Tailyn born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 495 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Tailyn.

Chance of another Tailyn in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Tailyn?

About 800 people born in the US named Tailyn are alive today, with a median age of 13; half are between 8 and 18. That makes Tailyn mostly worn by children and young adults.

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Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Tailyn by state

How common Tailyn was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesTX0.01Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Tailyn, girls, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Tailyn

How popular is the name Tailyn?

Tailyn was the 6800th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 17 babies. Its best year was 2011, when it ranked 3046th with 56 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,318 places. More babies were named Tailyn in the 2010s than in any other decade.

Is Tailyn a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, 90% girls, 10% boys given the name Tailyn in the US.

Where is Tailyn most popular?

In 2021–2025, Tailyn was most common in Texas (0.01 per 1,000 girls).