How Many People Are Named Skylar?
people named Skylar are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 3,268 people in the US has this name
Based on 105,716 babies named Skylar in Social Security records from 1959 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
5,653 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of SKYLER.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Skylar in English. Counting Skylar and these spellings together, about 177,607 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Skylar, 82.9% were girls and 17.1% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Skylar rose from 32.2% in the 1970s to 95.1% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Skylar alive today is about 15 years old, and 92% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 22 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Skylar first appears in the records in 1959 and was given most often in 2015, to 5,653 babies. In 2025, 1,931 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1959 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Skylar never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #42, in 2015 to 2016, and it was in the top 100 for 11 years, 2012 to 2022. In 2025 it ranked #167. Among boys, its best rank was #356, in 2000.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #167 | #1,537 |
| Best rank | #42 (2015 to 2016) | #356 (2000) |
| Years in the top 100 | 11 (2012 to 2022) | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #65 in the 2010s | #433 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Skylar alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Skylar were born in Texas than in any other state: about 8,576 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Skylar was given 2.2 times as often in Mississippi, 1.8 times in West Virginia and 1.7 times in Alabama.
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