Skylar
#167 for girls in 2025, 1,818 births · #1,529 for boys in 2025, 113 births
Given to girls 82.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2015 · 5,295 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 11 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 87,442since 1974
Skylar over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #167 | 1,818 | #1,529 | 113 |
| 2024 | #134 | 2,195 | #1,551 | 113 |
| 2023 | #107 | 2,538 | #1,283 | 150 |
| 2022 | #87 | 2,894 | #1,237 | 159 |
| 2021 | #74 | 3,346 | #1,240 | 154 |
| 2020 | #64 | 3,645 | #1,189 | 162 |
| 2019 | #56 | 4,054 | #991 | 213 |
| 2018 | #49 | 4,411 | #920 | 233 |
| 2017 | #48 | 4,736 | #807 | 282 |
| 2016 | #42 | 5,137 | #757 | 321 |
| 2015 | #42 | 5,295 | #703 | 358 |
| 2014 | #48 | 4,779 | #633 | 414 |
| 2013 | #73 | 3,790 | #543 | 490 |
| 2012 | #87 | 3,349 | #565 | 457 |
| 2011 | #145 | 2,162 | #526 | 481 |
| 2010 | #180 | 1,723 | #525 | 493 |
| 2009 | #184 | 1,776 | #498 | 547 |
| 2008 | #192 | 1,750 | #512 | 532 |
| 2007 | #171 | 2,060 | #476 | 564 |
| 2006 | #145 | 2,352 | #434 | 632 |
| 2005 | #154 | 2,241 | #453 | 563 |
| 2004 | #154 | 2,176 | #469 | 537 |
| 2003 | #144 | 2,305 | #408 | 632 |
| 2002 | #141 | 2,391 | #382 | 680 |
| 2001 | #141 | 2,344 | #361 | 734 |
| 2000 | #135 | 2,503 | #356 | 748 |
| 1999 | #131 | 2,513 | #373 | 695 |
| 1998 | #173 | 1,731 | #358 | 730 |
| 1997 | #302 | 953 | #372 | 657 |
| 1996 | #328 | 855 | #372 | 636 |
| 1995 | #386 | 685 | #407 | 561 |
| 1994 | #403 | 621 | #398 | 585 |
| 1993 | #456 | 547 | #403 | 574 |
| 1992 | #566 | 413 | #462 | 469 |
| 1991 | #619 | 364 | #486 | 415 |
| 1990 | #560 | 419 | #466 | 448 |
| 1989 | #1,239 | 128 | #563 | 296 |
| 1988 | #1,255 | 117 | #624 | 229 |
| 1987 | #1,302 | 106 | #581 | 245 |
| 1986 | #1,838 | 61 | #694 | 171 |
| 1985 | #3,008 | 30 | #670 | 175 |
| 1984 | #3,874 | 20 | #721 | 146 |
| 1983 | #4,884 | 14 | #895 | 96 |
| 1982 | #4,945 | 14 | #876 | 103 |
| 1981 | #4,746 | 15 | #954 | 89 |
| 1980 | #5,912 | 11 | #2,058 | 26 |
| 1979 | #5,092 | 13 | #1,633 | 35 |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 | #2,669 | 16 |
| 1977 | #5,532 | 11 | #2,270 | 20 |
| 1976 | #5,601 | 10 | #3,471 | 10 |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 | #3,428 | 10 |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | #3,837 | 8 |
| 1973 | — | #3,445 | 9 | |
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| 1970 | — | #3,521 | 8 | |
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| 1968 | — | #4,136 | 5 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,231 | 7 | |
| 1966 | — | #3,948 | 5 | |
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| 1963 | — | #4,048 | 5 | |
| 1962 | — | #3,041 | 8 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,706 | 10 | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Skylar! It came in at #7,680, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1974–1975, when fewer than 9 girls a year got the name.
Where Skylar is popular in 2020
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Mississippi#12 · 1 in 145
- South Carolina#22 · 1 in 188
- North Carolina#22 · 1 in 221
- Georgia#27 · 1 in 246
- Alabama#29 · 1 in 218
Best ever in a state: #5 in Mississippi, 2018.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #12 | 70 | 1 in 145 |
| North Carolina | #22 | 197 | 1 in 221 |
| South Carolina | #22 | 92 | 1 in 188 |
| Georgia | #27 | 181 | 1 in 246 |
| Alabama | #29 | 86 | 1 in 218 |
| Maryland | #29 | 102 | 1 in 219 |
| Vermont | #31 | 9 | 1 in 110 |
| Virginia | #35 | 139 | 1 in 246 |
| Louisiana | #37 | 75 | 1 in 247 |
| Arkansas | #42 | 43 | 1 in 240 |
| District of Columbia | #43 | 16 | 1 in 182 |
| New Jersey | #44 | 132 | 1 in 264 |
| Florida | #45 | 260 | 1 in 309 |
| Michigan | #46 | 138 | 1 in 274 |
| Delaware | #55 | 12 | 1 in 195 |
| South Dakota | #55 | 13 | 1 in 203 |
| New York | #56 | 229 | 1 in 348 |
| Connecticut | #57 | 41 | 1 in 274 |
| Illinois | #57 | 151 | 1 in 323 |
| Nebraska | #57 | 27 | 1 in 263 |
| Maine | #60 | 16 | 1 in 199 |
| Pennsylvania | #61 | 138 | 1 in 350 |
| West Virginia | #62 | 23 | 1 in 237 |
| Missouri | #63 | 74 | 1 in 331 |
| Tennessee | #63 | 91 | 1 in 334 |
| Wisconsin | #71 | 63 | 1 in 330 |
| Ohio | #79 | 114 | 1 in 420 |
| Kentucky | #85 | 43 | 1 in 393 |
| Texas | #85 | 309 | 1 in 495 |
| Indiana | #88 | 62 | 1 in 452 |
| Nevada | #89 | 25 | 1 in 390 |
| Hawaii | #91 | 9 | 1 in 275 |
| Massachusetts | #92 | 58 | 1 in 411 |
| Washington | #92 | 63 | 1 in 462 |
| New Hampshire | #103 | 11 | 1 in 314 |
| Minnesota | #108 | 45 | 1 in 481 |
| Arizona | #113 | 48 | 1 in 576 |
| Idaho | #114 | 15 | 1 in 407 |
| Colorado | #127 | 41 | 1 in 526 |
| California | #128 | 260 | 1 in 670 |
| Montana | #162 | 6 | 1 in 413 |
| New Mexico | #173 | 9 | 1 in 572 |
| Rhode Island | #173 | 5 | 1 in 520 |
| Oklahoma | #176 | 21 | 1 in 704 |
| Kansas | #191 | 16 | 1 in 716 |
| Oregon | #191 | 18 | 1 in 727 |
| North Dakota | #198 | 5 | 1 in 560 |
| Utah | #199 | 20 | 1 in 806 |
| Iowa | #201 | 17 | 1 in 677 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Skylar
- 33 spots since 2024 (#134 → #167)
- 103 spots since 2020 (#64 → #167)
- 125 spots since 2015 (#42 → #167)
- Biggest jump: 679 spots in 1990 (#1,239 → #560)
- Biggest drop: 59 spots in 1991 (#560 → #619)
- Debuted 1974
- Peaked 2015 at #42 (5,295 births)
- Births halved by 2023, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 11 yrs · run 2012–2022
- Top 1,000: 36 yrs · run 1990–2025
- Highest: 1 in 337 girls born in 2015 were named Skylar (0.30%)
- Latest: 1 in 884 girls born in 2025 (0.11%)
- 45.1% of all girls named Skylar (39,436) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1993, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 55 | #5,092 (1979) | #6,340 |
| 1980s | 516 | #1,239 (1989) | #3,300 |
| 1990s | 9,101 | #131 (1999) | #392 |
| 2000s | 21,898 | #135 (2000) | #156 |
| 2010s | 39,436 | #42 (2015) | #77 |
| 2020s | 16,436 | #64 (2020) | #106 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Skylar in 2020
Top girls' names in 2020
Top boys' names in 2020
More about 2020
girls
1,616,549 girls got a published name in 2020; 1 in 443 of them was named Skylar, which outranked 99.6% of the 17,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,726,076 boys got a published name in 2020; 1 in 10,655 of them was named Skylar, which outranked 91.5% of the 14,060 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,177Kacey163
- #1,177Nikko163
- #1,177Palmer163
- #1,189Skylar162
- #1,189Gilberto162
- #1,189Jai162
- #1,189Koen162
- #1,194Isai161
- #1,194Seamus161
- #1,196Cayde160
Tied with 4 names at #1,189; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 380Vivaan#875 → #1,255
- ↓ 282Alexzander#890 → #1,172
- ↓ 268Reyansh#806 → #1,074
- ↓ 266Javion#949 → #1,215
- ↓ 224Kenny#862 → #1,086
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.