How Many People Are Named Schuyler?
people named Schuyler are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 72,458 people in the US has this name
Based on 5,480 babies named Schuyler in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
182 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a Dutch surname meaning "scholar". Dutch settlers brought the surname to America, where it was subsequently adopted as a given name in honour of the American general and senator Philip Schuyler (1733-1804).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Schuyler in English. Counting Schuyler and these spellings together, about 177,607 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Schuyler, 27.3% were girls and 72.7% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Schuyler rose from 0% in the 1910s to 49.6% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Schuyler alive today is about 32 years old, and 48% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 23 and 39 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Schuyler first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1993, to 182 babies. In 2025, 15 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Schuyler has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #847, in 1982. In 2025 it ranked #11,765. Among girls, its best rank was #2,358, in 1998.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #11,765 | #10,774 |
| Best rank | #847 (1982) | #2,358 (1998) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,035 in the 1990s | #2,658 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Schuyler alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Schuyler were born in New York than in any other state: about 445 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Schuyler was given 5.3 times as often in New York, 2 times in Washington and 1.6 times in California.
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