Skyler
#670 for girls in 2025, 422 births · #783 for boys in 2025, 325 births
Given to boys 60.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1994 · 1,355 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 41,841since 1954
Skyler 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 | #670 | 422 | #783 | 325 |
| 2024 | #659 | 445 | #759 | 335 |
| 2023 | #623 | 479 | #727 | 366 |
| 2022 | #541 | 570 | #670 | 407 |
| 2021 | #552 | 554 | #686 | 387 |
| 2020 | #463 | 667 | #568 | 493 |
| 2019 | #439 | 715 | #505 | 567 |
| 2018 | #400 | 770 | #486 | 603 |
| 2017 | #382 | 817 | #463 | 656 |
| 2016 | #358 | 915 | #414 | 771 |
| 2015 | #283 | 1,126 | #360 | 914 |
| 2014 | #300 | 1,084 | #351 | 924 |
| 2013 | #362 | 874 | #306 | 1,125 |
| 2012 | #372 | 839 | #288 | 1,230 |
| 2011 | #456 | 656 | #288 | 1,223 |
| 2010 | #473 | 639 | #262 | 1,320 |
| 2009 | #421 | 760 | #260 | 1,336 |
| 2008 | #423 | 765 | #264 | 1,312 |
| 2007 | #375 | 875 | #271 | 1,266 |
| 2006 | #316 | 1,037 | #270 | 1,281 |
| 2005 | #315 | 1,019 | #240 | 1,403 |
| 2004 | #310 | 1,033 | #234 | 1,424 |
| 2003 | #276 | 1,132 | #231 | 1,486 |
| 2002 | #270 | 1,162 | #222 | 1,558 |
| 2001 | #276 | 1,147 | #229 | 1,508 |
| 2000 | #250 | 1,284 | #230 | 1,472 |
| 1999 | #256 | 1,219 | #231 | 1,427 |
| 1998 | #295 | 1,022 | #230 | 1,384 |
| 1997 | #413 | 634 | #220 | 1,387 |
| 1996 | #468 | 536 | #217 | 1,392 |
| 1995 | #537 | 441 | #223 | 1,335 |
| 1994 | #590 | 382 | #213 | 1,355 |
| 1993 | #584 | 402 | #242 | 1,191 |
| 1992 | #688 | 314 | #258 | 1,097 |
| 1991 | #880 | 224 | #294 | 881 |
| 1990 | #736 | 283 | #301 | 847 |
| 1989 | #1,564 | 90 | #341 | 676 |
| 1988 | #1,541 | 86 | #367 | 551 |
| 1987 | #1,424 | 92 | #409 | 454 |
| 1986 | #2,300 | 44 | #414 | 423 |
| 1985 | #4,126 | 19 | #431 | 393 |
| 1984 | #3,069 | 28 | #472 | 319 |
| 1983 | #4,109 | 18 | #537 | 244 |
| 1982 | #4,945 | 14 | #603 | 201 |
| 1981 | #4,532 | 16 | #642 | 175 |
| 1980 | #5,245 | 13 | #1,019 | 79 |
| 1979 | #5,092 | 13 | #1,241 | 55 |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 | #1,240 | 52 |
| 1977 | #5,888 | 10 | #1,607 | 34 |
| 1976 | — | #2,054 | 23 | |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #1,835 | 26 |
| 1974 | — | #2,050 | 21 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,694 | 8 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,152 | 10 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,686 | 13 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,836 | 7 | |
| 1969 | — | #4,404 | 5 | |
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| 1967 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1966 | — | #3,537 | 6 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,780 | 9 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,310 | 13 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,646 | 6 | |
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| 1961 | — | #3,652 | 6 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,337 | 7 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,821 | 9 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,944 | 5 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,993 | 5 | |
| 1956 | — | #3,535 | 6 | |
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| 1954 | — | #3,452 | 6 | |
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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 2017
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Hawaii#170 · 1 in 530
- Alaska#198 · 1 in 606
- Idaho#255 · 1 in 878
- Oregon#289 · 1 in 1,158
- Nevada#290 · 1 in 1,192
Best ever in a state: #42 in Utah, 1994.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #170 | 8 | 1 in 530 |
| Alaska | #198 | 5 | 1 in 606 |
| Idaho | #255 | 9 | 1 in 878 |
| Oregon | #289 | 15 | 1 in 1,158 |
| Nevada | #290 | 11 | 1 in 1,192 |
| Tennessee | #303 | 27 | 1 in 1,343 |
| Washington | #303 | 27 | 1 in 1,317 |
| New Mexico | #309 | 7 | 1 in 1,157 |
| Arizona | #345 | 22 | 1 in 1,574 |
| Utah | #347 | 14 | 1 in 1,452 |
| Nebraska | #360 | 7 | 1 in 1,395 |
| California | #367 | 103 | 1 in 2,094 |
| Oklahoma | #376 | 12 | 1 in 1,612 |
| Kentucky | #379 | 11 | 1 in 1,967 |
| Wisconsin | #382 | 14 | 1 in 1,857 |
| Georgia | #390 | 27 | 1 in 1,989 |
| Ohio | #394 | 28 | 1 in 2,084 |
| South Carolina | #408 | 10 | 1 in 2,100 |
| Arkansas | #432 | 7 | 1 in 1,959 |
| Florida | #442 | 38 | 1 in 2,544 |
| Louisiana | #448 | 11 | 1 in 2,169 |
| Maryland | #460 | 11 | 1 in 2,410 |
| Colorado | #466 | 11 | 1 in 2,405 |
| Missouri | #492 | 11 | 1 in 2,782 |
| Pennsylvania | #504 | 18 | 1 in 3,234 |
| Alabama | #514 | 8 | 1 in 2,859 |
| North Carolina | #533 | 16 | 1 in 3,208 |
| Mississippi | #538 | 5 | 1 in 2,667 |
| Michigan | #556 | 14 | 1 in 3,316 |
| Iowa | #559 | 5 | 1 in 2,972 |
| New York | #564 | 27 | 1 in 3,613 |
| New Jersey | #572 | 11 | 1 in 3,714 |
| Indiana | #579 | 10 | 1 in 3,445 |
| Massachusetts | #623 | 6 | 1 in 4,803 |
| Minnesota | #629 | 7 | 1 in 3,868 |
| Illinois | #673 | 14 | 1 in 4,424 |
| Texas | #689 | 35 | 1 in 5,033 |
| Virginia | #711 | 8 | 1 in 5,094 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1954
- Peaked 1994 at #213 (1,355 births)
- Births halved by 2017, 23 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 45 yrs · run 1981–2025
- 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
- 33.6% of all boys named Skyler (14,046) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2013, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 31 | #2,821 (1959) | #3,549 |
| 1960s | 58 | #2,310 (1964) | #3,403 |
| 1970s | 249 | #1,240 (1978) | #2,340 |
| 1980s | 3,515 | #341 (1989) | #524 |
| 1990s | 12,296 | #213 (1994) | #243 |
| 2000s | 14,046 | #222 (2002) | #245 |
| 2010s | 9,333 | #262 (2010) | #372 |
| 2020s | 2,313 | #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 2017
Top girls' names in 2017
Top boys' names in 2017
More about 2017
girls
1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 2,113 of them was named Skyler, which outranked 97.9% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
- ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
- ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
- ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
- ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 2,822 of them was named Skyler, which outranked 96.8% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.