How popular is the baby name Taylor in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Use the popularity graph and data table below to find out! Plus, see all the blog posts that mention the name Taylor.

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Popularity of the baby name Taylor


Posts that mention the name Taylor

Baby name story: Harrison

Fish & chip shop

Emma and James Kennedy of West Bromwich, England, welcomed a baby boy about six weeks ago. They’d “been toying with a couple of names including Fraser and Harrison,” said Emma, but didn’t have a name chosen on the day she went into labor.

So it was fortuitous that her contractions began inside a Harry Ramsden’s fish and chip restaurant. They took that as a sign and named their son Harrison, nickname Harry.

This is the second fish and chip baby I’ve come across. The first one, Taylor, was named for Taylor’s Fish and Chip Shop in Stockport — just 90 miles south of of the Harry Ramsden’s in Brierley Hill.

Source: “Baby’s name inspired after Harry Ramsden’s drama.” Express & Star 17 Sept. 2010.

Image: Adapted from Mobile Fish and Chips by Stefan Schäfer under CC BY-SA 3.0.

Baby name story: Taylor

Fish & chip shop

While she was pregnant, Clare Ricci of Manchester, England, visited Taylor’s Fish and Chip Shop every day for chips and curry.

When her daughter arrived in late 2005, Clare’s “family and friends weren’t surprised” to learn that she and her partner James had decided to name the baby Taylor after the chip shop.

(To be fair, the name Taylor was already under consideration, but the chip shop association did put it over the top.)

Sources:

Image: Adapted from Mobile Fish and Chips by Stefan Schäfer under CC BY-SA 3.0.

Popular baby names in Ireland, 2007

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Flag of Ireland

The top names in the Ireland last year were:

Girl Names

  1. Sarah, 656 baby girls
  2. Emma, 632
  3. Ella, 601
  4. Katie, 566
  5. Sophie, 556
  6. Ava, 555
  7. Aoife, 527
  8. Emily, 475
  9. Grace, 473
  10. Kate, 426

Boy Names

  1. Jack, 1,073 baby boys
  2. Seán, 965
  3. Conor, 821
  4. Daniel, 725
  5. James, 713
  6. Adam, 485
  7. Ryan, 553
  8. Luke, 538
  9. Cian, 527
  10. Michael, 521

According to the CSO news release, “girls are given a wider a variety of names than boys are, with 42.3% of girls given a name not in the top 100, compared with 32.8% of boys.”

In terms of the top 100, there were 6 first-time entries for both boys and girls:

76. Rhys
76. Oliver
85. Jayden
86. Louis
91. Lucas
94. Jacob		73. Brooke
84. Millie
89. Taylor
91. Muireann
97. Freya
99. Maya

In Northern Ireland (which is part of the UK) the top names were Jack and Katie.

Image: Adapted from Flag of Ireland (public domain)

Popular baby names in the United States, 2007

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Flag of the United States

The most popular baby names in the U.S. were updated yesterday!

Here are the new top 25 girl names and boys names. The positive and negative numbers indicate how a name has risen or fallen in rank since 2006.

Girl Names

  1. Emily (0)
  2. Isabella (+2)
  3. Emma (-1)
  4. Ava (+1)
  5. Madison (-2)
  6. Sophia (+3)
  7. Olivia (0)
  8. Abigail (-2)
  9. Hannah (-1)
  10. Elizabeth (+1)
  11. Addison (+17)
  12. Samantha (-2)
  13. Ashley (-1)
  14. Alyssa (+5)
  15. Mia (-2)
  16. Chloe (+2)
  17. Natalie (0)
  18. Sarah (-3)
  19. Alexis (-5)
  20. Grace (-4)
  21. Ella (0)
  22. Brianna (-2)
  23. Hailey (+2)
  24. Taylor (-1)
  25. Anna (-3)

Boy Names

  1. Jacob (0)
  2. Michael (0)
  3. Ethan (+1)
  4. Joshua (-1)
  5. Daniel (+1)
  6. Christopher (+1)
  7. Anthony (+2)
  8. William (+2)
  9. Matthew (-4)
  10. Andrew (-2)
  11. Alexander (+1)
  12. David (+1)
  13. Joseph (-2)
  14. Noah (+1)
  15. James (+1)
  16. Ryan (-2)
  17. Logan (+2)
  18. Jayden (+31)
  19. John (+1)
  20. Nicholas (-3)
  21. Tyler (-3)
  22. Christian (-1)
  23. Jonathan (-1)
  24. Nathan (-1)
  25. Samuel (0)

The biggest jump on the boys’ list was Jayden — 31 spots (!), from 49th to 18th. The number of baby boys named Jayden rose from 9,550 (0.44%) in 2006 to 15,025 (0.69%) in 2007.

The biggest jump on the girls’ list was Addison — 17 spots, from 28th to 11th. The number of baby girls named Addison increased from 7,599 (0.37%) in 2006 to 11,823 (0.57%) in 2007.

Here’s more from the SSA’s news release:

Although “American Idol’s” Sanjaya did not influence this year’s list, other young celebrities influenced the naming of American children. The 2007 success of popular race car driver Danica Patrick undoubtedly inspired her first name moving from number 352 to number 307. Similarly, the name of the first pick in the 2007 NFL draft, Oakland Raiders’ quarterback JaMarcus Russell, rose from number 914 to number 743 on the boys’ list.

Shiloh, the youngest daughter of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, debuted on the list at number 804. Maddox, the name of their oldest child, has seen steady gains since first appearing on the list in 2003 at number 583 and now ranking at number 226. Suri, the name of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes’ daughter, did not make the list. But Britney Spears’ second son is named Jayden, which ranked at number 18. Miley is new to the girls’ list this year, entering fairly high at number 278, attributable to the popularity of teen sensation Miley Cyrus.

For reasons likely to puzzle baby name experts around the world, American parents have become infatuated by names, particularly for their sons, that rhyme with the word “maiden.” These names for boys include: Jayden (No. 18); Aiden (No. 27); Aidan (No. 54); Jaden (No. 76); Caden (No. 92); Kaden (No. 98); Ayden (No.102); Braden (No.156); Cayden (No.175); Jaiden (No.191); Kaiden (No. 220); Aden (No. 264); Caiden (No. 286); Braeden (No. 325); Braydon (No. 361); Jaydon (No. 415); Jadon (No. 423); Braiden (No. 529); Zayden (No. 588); Jaeden (No. 593); Aydan (No. 598); Bradyn (No. 629); Kadin (No. 657); Jadyn (No. 696); Kaeden (No. 701); Jaydin (No. 757); Braedon (No. 805); Aidyn (No. 818); Haiden (No. 820); Jaidyn (No. 841); Kadyn (No. 878); Jaydan (No. 887); Raiden (No. 931); and Adin (No. 983).  This startling trend was present, but less pronounced, with girls names:  Jayden (No. 172); Jadyn (No. 319); Jaden (No. 335); Jaiden (No. 429); Kayden (No. 507); and Jaidyn (No. 561). Social Security spokesman Mark Lassiter indicated that the agency would resist any legislative efforts to standardize the spelling of these names.

Experts also may be surprised by the extent to which American parents are naming their daughters after spiritual and philosophical concepts. One of the most popular names for girls (rising this year to number 31) is Nevaeh, which is “Heaven” spelled backwards. The variant Neveah came in this year at number 891 and Heaven is number 263. Also represented were:  Destiny (No. 41); Trinity (No. 72); Serenity (No. 126); Harmony (No. 315); Miracle (No. 461); Charity (No. 673); Journey (No. 692); Destini (No. 914); and Essence (No. 930). Cutting against this trend was Armani (No. 971). 

American parents were far less likely to name their sons in this way, although the 2007 boys’ list does include Sincere (No. 622) and Messiah (No. 723).

Sources: SSA, Pop Culture Makes Mark on Social Security’s Most Popular Baby Names List – SSA

Image: Adapted from Flag of the United States (public domain)