girls:
746 births since 1996
#4970 (13th percentile)
boys:
29 births since 2008
#4557 (1st percentile)
overall:
775 births since 1996
#6964 (10th percentile)
The name Tailyn is the #6,964 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 775 recorded births since 1996. This represents the 10.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,970 (13.0% percentile) for all time with 746 births since 1996. For boys, it ranks #4,557 (0.6% percentile) for all time with 29 births since 2008.
Tailyn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1996 (1996 for girls and 2008 for boys). Birth data for Tailyn is available in 27 out of the 28 years between 1996 and 2023 (27 years for girls and 5 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Tailyn has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 96.3% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Tailyn reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 5.4% percentile (ranked #889) with 29 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 29 births per million (ranked 5.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Tailyn ranks #926 for girls (2.2% percentile) with 15 births per million, which is 51.4% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Tailyn reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #898) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2021.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Tailyn".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Tailyn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 72.1% confident that Tailyn is pronounced as TAY-lihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is TAY-luhn, at 16.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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