Head to head · Boys' names
Jasiel vs Taylor
#683 vs #683 in 2025 · Hebrew vs Latin roots
Jasiel and Taylor share the same spot on the 2025 charts (#683). The records cannot split them; sound and story will.
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Which one would you pick?
Your gut first, the numbers after — the split shows once you pick.
The tale of the tape
On the charts, Taylor leads 3 measures of 6; Jasiel leads 1.
Ranks, counts and years are measured in the official US birth record; the classroom and living figures are estimates computed from it. The dot marks the side each measure favours on the charts — more common, not better.
What the records say
146 years of US births, drawn on one scale
Two curves, one scale
Who owned which decade
- 1880s: Jasiel —, Taylor #331 — Taylor higher
- 1890s: Jasiel —, Taylor #359 — Taylor higher
- 1900s: Jasiel —, Taylor #422 — Taylor higher
- 1910s: Jasiel —, Taylor #514 — Taylor higher
- 1920s: Jasiel —, Taylor #646 — Taylor higher
- 1930s: Jasiel —, Taylor #717 — Taylor higher
- 1940s: Jasiel —, Taylor #737 — Taylor higher
- 1950s: Jasiel —, Taylor #783 — Taylor higher
- 1960s: Jasiel —, Taylor #775 — Taylor higher
- 1970s: Jasiel —, Taylor #581 — Taylor higher
- 1980s: Jasiel #7428, Taylor #179 — Taylor higher
- 1990s: Jasiel #5283, Taylor #74 — Taylor higher
- 2000s: Jasiel #3087, Taylor #216 — Taylor higher
- 2010s: Jasiel #1801, Taylor #438 — Taylor higher
- 2020s: Jasiel #1011, Taylor #631 — Taylor higher
Taylor stood higher in every recorded decade — 15 of 15.
Rank by decade
| Decade | Jasiel | Taylor |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | — | #331 |
| 1890s | — | #359 |
| 1900s | — | #422 |
| 1910s | — | #514 |
| 1920s | — | #646 |
| 1930s | — | #717 |
| 1940s | — | #737 |
| 1950s | — | #783 |
| 1960s | — | #775 |
| 1970s | — | #581 |
| 1980s | #7428 | #179 |
| 1990s | #5283 | #74 |
| 2000s | #3087 | #216 |
| 2010s | #1801 | #438 |
| 2020s | #1011 | #631 |
Average national rank across each decade. A dash means the name sat outside the recorded top of that decade.
The names themselves
Meaning, roots, sound and the people who carried each
Where each name comes from
Jasiel
God makes, or God's handiwork
The name joins the Hebrew verb 'asah, to make or to do, with El, God. English Bibles render the same figure as Jaasiel or Jasiel; translators give it as "God makes" or "whom God created."
Yaasiel (Hebrew יַעֲשִׂיאֵל) → Jaasiel → Jasiel
How it traveled
The name belongs to the long lists of the Book of Chronicles, where Jasiel the Mesobaite closes the roll of David's mighty men, and where a Jaasiel son of Abner is named as a leader of Benjamin. From Hebrew Yaasiel the name passed through Greek and Latin scripture into the vernacular Bibles of Europe, and the King James translators printed it as Jasiel.
Taylor
tailor — one who cuts cloth
From Old French tailleur, from Latin taliare, 'to cut'.
taliare (Latin) → tailleur (Old French) → taillour / Taylor (Middle English surname) → Taylor (given name)
How it traveled
Taylor is one of the great English occupational surnames, recorded from the medieval period onward for the tailor — the cutter of cloth — and it comes through Old French tailleur from the Latin verb taliare, 'to cut'. Like Riley, Parker and Harper, it made the ordinary English journey from trade to family name to given name, a pattern that has fed first names steadily for generations.
Where a reading is contested the note says so — this page does not turn a guess into a fact. The chain is each name's recorded forms, oldest first; the story is its opening, told in full on the name's own page.
Out loud, and in short
Jasiel
hah-see-EL
That is the Spanish reading, with the stress on the last syllable. English speakers commonly say JAY-see-el or JAH-see-el instead, and both are heard from bearers in the US — worth deciding early which one your family will use.
- Jasi — The most common informal short form in Spanish-speaking households.
- Jas — Clipped, informal, used mainly by friends and siblings in English-speaking settings.
- Jay — English-language shortening; also long established as a given name in its own right.
- Chiel — An occasional playful ending-based nickname, family-level rather than widespread.
Taylor
TAY-lur
Stress on the first syllable. One pronunciation everywhere in English; the only real variation is how fully the final -er is sounded.
- Tay — The standard informal short form for either sex; also used on its own in casual writing.
- Tay-Tay — Playful, family-and-friends register; used mostly for girls.
- T — Initial-only nickname, common among schoolmates and teammates.
Is it right for you
The differences that decide it, laid out by what you want
Choose by what you want
Choose Jasiel if you want…
- a name on the way upup 519 places on the charts in five years
- a newer arrivalJasiel entered the US charts in 1987
Choose Taylor if you want…
- a name past its most crowded yearsTaylor is stepping back from its peak
- a long American recordTaylor was already in use when US records began in 1880
Each line is a measured difference between the two names — a rank, a count, a recorded form — never a judgement of either. Save the one that answers your question; it lands on your shortlist.
The trade-offs, name by name
Jasiel
Strengths
- A documented biblical name, printed in English Bibles since the King James translation, so it has a written record centuries deep rather than a recent invention.
- Works in both Spanish and English without changing spelling, which matters in bilingual families.
- Sits in the well-known -el family of Daniel, Gabriel and Miguel, so the shape and ending are already familiar to most people.
To consider
- Two live pronunciations, Spanish and English, mean your child will spend a lifetime correcting or accepting whichever one they did not choose. Some bearers simply use both depending on the room.
- It competes with several near-neighbors in spelling — Jassiel, Yasiel, Jaziel, Jahziel — so expect to spell it out often, even to people who have heard it before.
- The name's American use is very recent and concentrated in a few states, so outside those regions many people will meet it for the first time in your child.
Taylor
Strengths
- Spelling and pronunciation are already known to everyone in English — no repeating, no correcting on the phone.
- Works for a boy or a girl with no change of form, and reads the same on a class list either way.
- A documented word history going back through Old French to Latin, unbroken and easy to explain to a child.
To consider
- The girls' side is much the larger one now, so a boy named Taylor will meet the occasional assumption on paper before people meet him. It is easily corrected, and the boys' use is genuinely older than the girls'.
- There are a great many adult Taylors, clustered in one broad generation — the name may read to some ears as belonging to grown-ups rather than to children, though that has ceased to be true of new classrooms.
- Tayler and Taylah exist as spellings, so the occasional form will come back needing a fix.
Documented properties of each name — how it spells, travels and shortens — not opinions about the child.
How each is likely to age
Jasiel
56%chance Jasiel feels dated by 2040
Jasiel is climbing fast right now. Steep climbs tend to come with steep descents — the quicker a name arrives, the more firmly it belongs to its moment.
Taylor
75%chance Taylor feels dated by 2040
Taylor is coming down from a big peak (#51 in 1993). This is the stretch of the cycle where a name starts to sound like the decade it ruled.
A reading of where each name sits on the long naming cycle — computed, not measured, and explained on the data page.
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Jasiel or Taylor — the short answers
- Which is more popular, Jasiel or Taylor?
- They tie in 2025: Jasiel ranked #683 with 398 babies; Taylor ranked #683 with 398 babies.
- Which name is rising faster, Jasiel or Taylor?
- Jasiel. Over the last five years Jasiel moved up 519 places; Taylor moved down 90 places.
- Which is the older name, Jasiel or Taylor?
- Jasiel entered the US charts in 1987; Taylor was already in use when US records began in 1880. On the American record, Taylor is the older name.
- How many people are named Jasiel and Taylor?
- About 2,800 people named Jasiel are estimated to be alive in the US today. About 106,000 people named Taylor are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- Will there be other Jasiels or Taylors in the classroom?
- Jasiel will almost certainly be the only one in school. Taylor will almost certainly be the only one in school.
US figures from the Social Security Administration, 1880–2025. Votes are battle voters on this site, not the birth record. Data & methodology
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