How Many People Are Named Tyler?
people named Tyler are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 567 people in the US has this name
Based on 621,493 babies named Tyler in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐⭐ Common
Peak Year
31,536 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an English surname meaning "tiler of roofs". The surname was borne by American president John Tyler (1790-1862).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Tyler in English. Counting Tyler and these spellings together, about 612,933 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Tyler, 2.9% were girls and 97.1% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1910s: 0% of the babies were girls then and 5.6% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Tyler alive today is about 27 years old, and 57% are under 30. Half of them were between 21 and 33 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Tyler first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1994, to 31,536 babies. In 2025, 1,734 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Tyler reached #5 among boys' names in 1993 to 1994, and was in the top 10 for 9 years, 1992 to 2000. In 2025 it ranked #220.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #220 |
| Best rank | #5 (1993 to 1994) |
| Years in the top 10 | 9 |
| Years in the top 100 | 36 (1981 to 2016) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #9 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Tyler alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Tyler were born in California than in any other state: about 53,591 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Tyler was given 2 times as often in North Dakota, 2 times in South Dakota and 1.9 times in Montana.
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