Skyler

Where Skyler comes from

Pronunciation spelling of Schuyler used since the 1980s.
— Wiktionary's entry for Skyler
  • Dutch
  • From a surname
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1954
    First appearance
    #3,452 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1994
    Skyler Samuels born
    American actress
  3. 1994
    Peak, #213
    1,355 babies named Skyler — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1996
    Skyler Gisondo born
    American actor
  5. 2014
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  6. 2017
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #463.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name transferred from the surname [in turn from Dutch].
Namesakes
  • Skyler Samuels · American actress, born 1994
  • Skyler Gisondo · American actor, born 1996
  • Skyler Shaye · American actress, born 1986
  • Skyler Day · American actress and singer, born 1991
  • Skyler Page · American animator, born 1989

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.