girls:
1.2k births since 1993
#4556 (20th percentile)
boys:
1.9k births since 1990
#2845 (38th percentile)
overall:
3.1k births since 1990
#4875 (37th percentile)
The name Taylen is the #4,875 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,107 recorded births since 1990. This represents the 37.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 37.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,845 (37.9% percentile) for all time with 1,947 births since 1990. For girls, it ranks #4,556 (20.3% percentile) for all time with 1,160 births since 1993.
Taylen first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1990 (1990 for boys and 1993 for girls).
The name Taylen has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (62.7% of all recorded births). In 2023, 85.4% of babies named Taylen were boys.
For boys, Taylen reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 15.2% percentile (ranked #789) with 78 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 78 births per million (ranked 15.2% percentile). Despite a peak around 2013, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Taylen ranks #793 for boys (13.0% percentile) with 67 births per million, which is 86.2% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Taylen reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 7.6% percentile (ranked #866) with 39 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 39 births per million (ranked 7.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Taylen ranks #931 for girls (1.7% percentile) with 12 births per million, which is 30.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Taylen".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Taylen. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 82.5% confident that Taylen is pronounced as TAY-luhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is TAY-lihn, at 17.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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