How popular is the name Tayla?

Tayla ranks 1,581st among girls' names in US records, with 8,146 births since 1972. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,515.

Is Tayla a unisex name?

No. Tayla is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2006, when 400 children were given the name. It has been in use for 53 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Taleah, Tailah. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#1,581 of girl names

Pronounced T EY1 L AA1 (ARPABET)

Tayla is a girls' name, and first appears in 1972. It has been given to 8,146 children — the 1,581st most common girls' name on record.

It is falling away, down 51% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 2006, when 400 children were given it.

Two other spellings are counted in that total — Taleah and Tailah — because they are pronounced identically.

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These spellings sound identical to Tayla and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Tayla?: Tayla ranks 1,581st among girls' names in US records, with 8,146 births since 1972. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,515.
Is Tayla a unisex name?: No. Tayla is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Tayla most popular?: 2006, when 400 children were given the name. It has been in use for 53 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Tayla spelled?: Taleah, Tailah. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.