How Many People Are Named Skyler?
people named Skyler are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 5,002 people in the US has this name
Based on 69,539 babies named Skyler in Social Security records from 1954 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,756 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of SCHUYLER. The spelling was modified due to association with the name Tyler and the English word sky.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Skyler in English. Counting Skyler and these spellings together, about 177,607 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Skyler, 40.1% were girls and 59.9% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Skyler rose from 12.3% in the 1970s to 57.6% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Skyler alive today is about 20 years old, and 82% are under 30. Half of them were between 12 and 27 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Skyler first appears in the records in 1954 and was given most often in 2000, to 2,756 babies. In 2025, 747 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1954 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Skyler has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #214, in 1994. In 2025 it ranked #783. Among girls, its best rank was #250, in 2000.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #783 | #671 |
| Best rank | #214 (1994) | #250 (2000) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #243 in the 2000s | #309 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Skyler alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Skyler were born in California than in any other state: about 6,820 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Skyler was given 3 times as often in Utah, 2.4 times in Idaho and 2.1 times in Hawaii.
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