Taylee
Feminine
Taylee is made from two of the most-used pieces in American naming: a Tay- opening taken off Taylor, and the bright -lee ending that closes Bailee, Kaylee and Rylee. It belongs to a very large family of names built in the last thirty years.
How old is the name Taylee?
Taylee first appears in US birth records in 1991 — 34 years ago. The typical Taylee alive today was born around 2011, making them about 14 years old. About 2,100 people named Taylee are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Taylee most popular?
Taylee peaked in 2009, reaching #1785 nationally. Today it ranks #5099, 3,314 places below that high. See the whole 2009 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Taylee
One very productive American method is to take the front of one popular name and the back of another. Taylor was among the most-given names of the nineteen-nineties for both sexes; the -lee ending was everywhere at the same time. Taylee is what happens when a family likes both and wants neither exactly. Names built this way are usually described as invented, which is true and misses the point: the pieces are all inherited, and only the arrangement is new.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Not documented. Taylor is genuine, an occupational surname from Old French tailleur, a cutter of cloth, and Lee is genuine too, from Old English leah, a clearing. But Taylee is not a compound of those two names; the syllables were taken for their sound and no source records the whole.
Pronouncing Taylee
TAY-lee
Two syllables, stress in front. There is little room to read it another way.
Nicknames for Taylee
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1991
- Most girls named
- 2009121 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1785reached in 2009
- Change vs 2024
- −46.8%25 in 2025, from 47
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Taylee in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: Utah, Texas, Idaho.
Taylees among us
people named Taylee are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 64,291 born in 2025 was named Taylee
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Sarabeth test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Taylee's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Sarabeth climbed just as high around 1980, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Sarabeth's path sketches the road Taylee is walking now.
Taylee sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Taylee is headed
Taylee is easing off slowly — about 16% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Taylee beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Taylee in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Tay and Lee both work as short forms and both are complete names.
- Every sound in it is familiar, so nobody has to be taught it.
- It is short, bright and easy for a young child to write.
- Taylee, Tailee and Taeleigh are all in use and near-identical in speech.
- It is firmly of its decades and will date accordingly.
- There is no documented history behind it, only two borrowed pieces.
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Frequently asked
- How many Taylees are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,100 people named Taylee are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Taylee in 2025?
- Taylee ranks #5099 among US girl names in 2025, with 25 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Taylee?
- About 1 in every 64,291 US girls born in 2025 was named Taylee — 25 in all.
- Will my child share the name Taylee with classmates?
- Taylee will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Taylee
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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