Skyler

#670 for girls in 2025, 422 births · #783 for boys in 2025, 325 births
Given to boys 60.2% of the time

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Peak · boys
1994 · 1,355 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
41,841
since 1954

Skyler over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202001peak #250, 2000peak #213, 1994girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#670422#783325
2024#659445#759335
2023#623479#727366
2022#541570#670407
2021#552554#686387
2020#463667#568493
2019#439715#505567
2018#400770#486603
2017#382817#463656
2016#358915#414771
2015#2831,126#360914
2014#3001,084#351924
2013#362874#3061,125
2012#372839#2881,230
2011#456656#2881,223
2010#473639#2621,320
2009#421760#2601,336
2008#423765#2641,312
2007#375875#2711,266
2006#3161,037#2701,281
2005#3151,019#2401,403
2004#3101,033#2341,424
2003#2761,132#2311,486
2002#2701,162#2221,558
2001#2761,147#2291,508
2000#2501,284#2301,472
1999#2561,219#2311,427
1998#2951,022#2301,384
1997#413634#2201,387
1996#468536#2171,392
1995#537441#2231,335
1994#590382#2131,355
1993#584402#2421,191
1992#688314#2581,097
1991#880224#294881
1990#736283#301847
1989#1,56490#341676
1988#1,54186#367551
1987#1,42492#409454
1986#2,30044#414423
1985#4,12619#431393
1984#3,06928#472319
1983#4,10918#537244
1982#4,94514#603201
1981#4,53216#642175
1980#5,24513#1,01979
1979#5,09213#1,24155
1978#7,6497#1,24052
1977#5,88810#1,60734
1976—#2,05423
1975#9,0675#1,83526
1974—#2,05021
1973—#3,6948
1972—#3,15210
1971—#2,68613
1970—#3,8367
1969—#4,4045
1968——
1967—#3,5596
1966—#3,5376
1965—#2,7809
1964—#2,31013
1963—#3,6466
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1961—#3,6526
1960—#3,3377
1959—#2,8219
1958—#3,9445
1957—#3,9935
1956—#3,5356
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First appearance
1954

The first year at least five boys were named Skyler! It came in at #3,452, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1955, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Skyler is popular in 2001

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #91 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 299 boysAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Skyler, so not publishedMEVermont: #96 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 325 boysVTNew Hampshire: #156 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 821 boysNHWashington: #122 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 504 boysWAIdaho: #118 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 409 boysIDMontana: #75 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 225 boysMTNorth Dakota: #130 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 442 boysNDMinnesota: #260 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 1,718 boysMNIllinois: #318 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 2,005 boysILWisconsin: #178 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 877 boysWIMichigan: #232 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 1,391 boysMINew York: #339 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 2,325 boysNYMassachusetts: #400 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,953 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Skyler, so not publishedRIOregon: #109 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 422 boysORNevada: #220 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 952 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Skyler, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #154 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 550 boysSDIowa: #113 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 434 boysIAIndiana: #146 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 662 boysINOhio: #198 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 1,119 boysOHPennsylvania: #196 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 1,167 boysPANew Jersey: #395 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 3,009 boysNJConnecticut: #241 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 1,637 boysCTCalifornia: #289 for boys · 139 births · 1 in 1,760 boysCAUtah: #96 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 359 boysUTColorado: #246 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 1,167 boysCONebraska: #154 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 593 boysNEMissouri: #147 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 669 boysMOKentucky: #140 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 646 boysKYWest Virginia: #107 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 461 boysWVVirginia: #259 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 1,631 boysVAMaryland: #325 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 2,021 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Skyler, so not publishedDEArizona: #187 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 788 boysAZNew Mexico: #186 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 812 boysNMKansas: #137 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 521 boysKSArkansas: #196 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 916 boysARTennessee: #159 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 813 boysTNNorth Carolina: #294 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 1,683 boysNCSouth Carolina: #189 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 1,028 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Skyler, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #166 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 725 boysOKLouisiana: #356 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 1,860 boysLAMississippi: #180 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 816 boysMSAlabama: #197 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 1,049 boysALGeorgia: #251 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 1,323 boysGAHawaii: #104 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 361 boysHITexas: #321 for boys · 88 births · 1 in 1,954 boysTXFlorida: #268 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 1,549 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Montana#75 · 1 in 225
  2. Alaska#91 · 1 in 299
  3. Vermont#96 · 1 in 325
  4. Utah#96 · 1 in 359
  5. Hawaii#104 · 1 in 361

Best ever in a state: #42 in Utah, 1994.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Montana#75171 in 225
Alaska#91111 in 299
Utah#96591 in 359
Vermont#9671 in 325
Hawaii#104131 in 361
West Virginia#107191 in 461
Oregon#109461 in 422
Iowa#113371 in 434
Idaho#118191 in 409
Washington#122671 in 504
North Dakota#13071 in 442
Kansas#137311 in 521
Kentucky#140361 in 646
Indiana#146581 in 662
Missouri#147501 in 669
Nebraska#154171 in 593
South Dakota#15471 in 550
New Hampshire#15671 in 821
Tennessee#159441 in 813
Oklahoma#166281 in 725
Wisconsin#178331 in 877
Mississippi#180181 in 816
New Mexico#186131 in 812
Arizona#187481 in 788
South Carolina#189201 in 1,028
Arkansas#196161 in 916
Pennsylvania#196551 in 1,167
Alabama#197231 in 1,049
Ohio#198611 in 1,119
Nevada#220131 in 952
Michigan#232421 in 1,391
Connecticut#241111 in 1,637
Colorado#246251 in 1,167
Georgia#251421 in 1,323
Virginia#259251 in 1,631
Minnesota#260171 in 1,718
Florida#268581 in 1,549
California#2891391 in 1,760
North Carolina#294301 in 1,683
Illinois#318401 in 2,005
Texas#321881 in 1,954
Maryland#325141 in 2,021
New York#339481 in 2,325
Louisiana#356141 in 1,860
New Jersey#395161 in 3,009
Massachusetts#40091 in 3,953
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Skyler
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 24 spots since 2024 (#759 → #783)
  • 215 spots since 2020 (#568 → #783)
  • 423 spots since 2015 (#360 → #783)
  • Biggest jump: 377 spots in 1981 (#1,019 → #642)
  • Biggest drop: 118 spots in 2021 (#568 → #686)
Rise & fade · boys
40 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1954
  • Peaked 1994 at #213 (1,355 births)
  • Births halved by 2017, 23 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 45 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 45 yrs · run 1981–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,246
  • Highest: 1 in 1,246 boys born in 2002 were named Skyler (0.08%)
  • Latest: 1 in 5,256 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
  • Its best rank, #213 in 1994, was only 1 in 1,426 (0.07%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 33.6% of all boys named Skyler (14,046) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2014
  • Mostly boys until 2013, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s31#2,821 (1959)#3,549
1960s58#2,310 (1964)#3,403
1970s249#1,240 (1978)#2,340
1980s3,515#341 (1989)#524
1990s12,296#213 (1994)#243
2000s14,046#222 (2002)#245
2010s9,333#262 (2010)#372
2020s2,313#568 (2020)#699

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Skyler in 2001

girls
#276
1,147 births · 1 in 1,570 girls
boys
#229
1,508 births · 1 in 1,288 boys

Top girls' names in 2001

  1. #1Emily25,059
  2. #2Madison22,166
  3. #3Hannah20,723
  4. #4Ashley16,531
  5. #5Alexis16,404
  6. #6Sarah15,929
  7. #7Samantha15,867
  8. #8Abigail14,807
  9. #9Elizabeth14,792
  10. #10Olivia13,977
  11. #276Skyler1,147

Top boys' names in 2001

  1. #1Jacob32,573
  2. #2Michael29,689
  3. #3Matthew26,812
  4. #4Joshua26,024
  5. #5Christopher23,132
  6. #6Nicholas22,849
  7. #7Andrew22,422
  8. #8Joseph22,030
  9. #9Daniel21,013
  10. #10William20,110
  11. #229Skyler1,508
More about 2001

girls

1,800,624 girls got a published name in 2001; 1 in 1,570 of them was named Skyler, which outranked 98.5% of the 17,978 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Skyler
  1. #273Tara1,159
  2. #274Bridget1,156
  3. #275Josephine1,153
  4. #276Skyler1,147
  5. #277Liliana1,141
  6. #278Tori1,132
  7. #279Priscilla1,130
Biggest movers since 2000
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,602Dafne#2,569 → #967
  2. ↑ 1,493Nevaeh#1,759 → #266
  3. ↑ 1,339Jimena#2,213 → #874
  4. ↑ 1,263Taina#2,174 → #911
  5. ↑ 1,069Yuliana#1,759 → #690
Fallers
  1. ↓ 913Dariana#837 → #1,750
  2. ↓ 368Cortney#825 → #1,193
  3. ↓ 362Maiya#994 → #1,356
  4. ↓ 313Rosalinda#701 → #1,014
  5. ↓ 307Ivana#863 → #1,170

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,942,881 boys got a published name in 2001; 1 in 1,288 of them was named Skyler, which outranked 98.1% of the 12,307 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Skyler
  1. #226Trey1,539
  2. #227Gerardo1,520
  3. #228Elias1,518
  4. #229Skyler1,508
  5. #230Armando1,475
  6. #231Donald1,470
  7. #232Derrick1,455
Biggest movers since 2000
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,879Jaheim#6,316 → #437
  2. ↑ 1,128Imanol#2,049 → #921
  3. ↑ 730Jagger#1,391 → #661
  4. ↑ 539Maximus#850 → #311
  5. ↑ 461Daunte#1,429 → #968
Fallers
  1. ↓ 476Tyreek#914 → #1,390
  2. ↓ 466Tyrique#949 → #1,415
  3. ↓ 456Infant#765 → #1,221
  4. ↓ 423Deion#893 → #1,316
  5. ↓ 291Nicklaus#986 → #1,277

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2001 →