Taylen
Taylen was the 1361st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 138 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 1297th with 147 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 689 places. More babies were named Taylen in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,361 boys, up 156 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 138boys
- Girls and boys
- 21% girls, 79% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2021147 babies
- Total since 1880
- 3,440babies recorded
Taylen popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,768 | #1,361 | 40 | 138 |
| 2020 | #3,275 | #1,517 | 48 | 111 |
| 2010 | #3,156 | #2,054 | 53 | 67 |
| 2000 | #4,282 | #2,855 | 29 | 32 |
| 1990 | — | #9,355 | — | 5 |
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How popular is Taylen, counting every spelling?
Taylen is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #873 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,361 for Taylen on its own. Together these spellings went to 262 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taylen | 138 | #1,361 | 658 |
| Taylin | 72 | #2,076 | 375 |
| Taylon | 24 | #4,374 | 155 |
| Taylan | 22 | #4,688 | 124 |
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 Taylen?
138 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Taylen (0.04 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Taylen 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 61 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Taylen.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Taylen?
About 2,200 people born in the US named Taylen are alive today, with a median age of 10; half are between 5 and 17. That makes Taylen a young name: most people with it are children.
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.
Taylen by state
How common Taylen was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Mississippi (6.9×), Louisiana (6.7×), Alabama (3.0×), Georgia (2.6×), North Carolina (2.3×). In 34 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Taylen: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Taylen, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Taylen
How popular is the name Taylen?
Taylen was the 1361st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 138 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 1297th with 147 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 689 places. More babies were named Taylen in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Taylen a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 21% girls, 79% boys given the name Taylen in the US.
Where is Taylen most popular?
In 2021–2025, Taylen was most common in Mississippi (0.53 per 1,000 boys), followed by Louisiana and Alabama.