Tyler

#1,911 for girls in 2025, 101 births · #219 for boys in 2025, 1,633 births
Given to boys 97.2% of the time

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Peak · boys
#5
1994 · 30,482 births
Debut · boys
1880
7 births
In top 100 · boys
36 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
603,970
since 1880

Tyler over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201979peak #5, 1994boys
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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#1,911101#2191,633
2024#1,591132#1911,915
2023#1,614129#1772,073
2022#1,590133#1632,268
2021#1,460147#1572,444
2020#1,503142#1302,801
2019#1,465150#1273,024
2018#1,371164#1193,341
2017#1,311178#1053,788
2016#1,271191#914,515
2015#1,223202#815,175
2014#1,368170#725,851
2013#1,347173#636,660
2012#1,334176#507,706
2011#1,292182#388,851
2010#1,223197#3410,458
2009#1,063240#2811,551
2008#1,014260#2812,709
2007#873320#2114,106
2006#734380#1815,550
2005#751357#1616,989
2004#577491#1617,450
2003#599456#1518,185
2002#525523#1418,266
2001#490569#1319,275
2000#415683#1021,506
1999#371788#1022,669
1998#355810#823,712
1997#363760#1024,879
1996#333849#726,956
1995#303917#629,161
1994#2661,054#530,482
1993#2381,182#529,800
1992#282978#828,806
1991#403634#1625,209
1990#535445#2120,646
1989#726272#3015,594
1988#713263#3313,349
1987#718252#3911,542
1986#837199#4010,912
1985#833195#4310,211
1984#829190#478,705
1983#1,049132#575,821
1982#1,064135#664,577
1981#1,38289#963,117
1980#1,80560#1142,623
1979#1,81459#1312,044
1978#1,84154#1501,752
1977#2,25740#1651,452
1976#2,09941#1791,260
1975#2,19638#2051,056
1974#2,68327#227922
1973#3,12221#260748
1972#3,89415#250832
1971#3,26620#286721
1970#2,85624#283749
1969#3,01220#357490
1968#3,45615#372435
1967#3,34015#366420
1966#3,95911#418330
1965#3,95211#450297
1964#3,37915#454309
1963#4,8968#469282
1962#6,5785#522231
1961—#558197
1960#5,1687#585177
1959#6,2455#641145
1958—#640145
1957#4,9187#648141
1956#5,9525#657133
1955—#676117
1954—#666117
1953—#707101
1952#5,5635#77083
1951—#83371
1950—#77179
1949—#81471
1948—#82468
1947—#84267
1946—#92552
1945—#98642
1944—#99143
1943—#1,08839
1942—#1,19334
1941—#1,00441
1940—#1,10735
1939—#1,01539
1938—#1,12533
1937—#1,57619
1936—#2,06212
1935—#1,32626
1934—#1,86015
1933—#1,70717
1932—#1,42624
1931—#1,53821
1930—#1,36828
1929—#1,73119
1928#4,7255#1,35329
1927—#1,43627
1926—#1,66121
1925—#1,62822
1924—#1,67522
1923—#1,55124
1922—#1,22235
1921—#1,50925
1920—#1,32330
1919—#1,26431
1918—#1,37327
1917—#1,36226
1916—#1,30427
1915—#1,45422
1914—#1,60815
1913—#1,49713
1912—#1,00021
1911—#92513
1910—#1,1938
1909——
1908—#1,1137
1907—#1,3455
1906——
1905—#1,0916
1904—#1,2055
1903—#1,0096
1902——
1901——
1900—#78511
1899—#1,0515
1898—#1,1215
1897——
1896—#9826
1895—#1,0795
1894——
1893——
1892—#1,0665
1891——
1890——
1889—#7897
1888—#1,0315
1887——
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1885——
1884—#9715
1883——
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1880—#7457
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Tyler was already there! It came in at #745, and was given to 7 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1881–1888, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Tyler is popular in 1979

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #73 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 321 boysAKMaine: #112 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 715 boysMEVermont: #69 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 307 boysVTNew Hampshire: #92 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 569 boysNHWashington: #53 for boys · 134 births · 1 in 221 boysWAIdaho: #38 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 126 boysIDMontana: #58 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 207 boysMTNorth Dakota: #44 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 167 boysNDMinnesota: #93 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 587 boysMNIllinois: #159 for boys · 82 births · 1 in 1,021 boysILWisconsin: #85 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 493 boysWIMichigan: #165 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 1,314 boysMINew York: #286 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 2,313 boysNYMassachusetts: #122 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 969 boysMARhode Island: #136 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,060 boysRIOregon: #47 for boys · 96 births · 1 in 202 boysORNevada: #70 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 330 boysNVWyoming: #52 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 188 boysWYSouth Dakota: #49 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 190 boysSDIowa: #63 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 284 boysIAIndiana: #119 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 874 boysINOhio: #144 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 1,117 boysOHPennsylvania: #183 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 1,552 boysPANew Jersey: #304 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 2,829 boysNJConnecticut: #131 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 961 boysCTCalifornia: #156 for boys · 220 births · 1 in 817 boysCAUtah: #33 for boys · 177 births · 1 in 107 boysUTColorado: #57 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 279 boysCONebraska: #63 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 266 boysNEMissouri: #115 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 750 boysMOKentucky: #246 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,560 boysKYWest Virginia: #192 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,737 boysWVVirginia: #232 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 1,751 boysVAMaryland: #287 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,833 boysMDDelaware: #130 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 743 boysDEArizona: #164 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 837 boysAZNew Mexico: #320 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,049 boysNMKansas: #66 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 301 boysKSArkansas: #206 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 1,449 boysARTennessee: #258 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 2,190 boysTNNorth Carolina: #259 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 2,087 boysNCSouth Carolina: #396 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,510 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Tyler, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #94 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 496 boysOKLouisiana: #398 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 2,908 boysLAMississippi: #414 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,785 boysMSAlabama: #200 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 1,285 boysALGeorgia: #230 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 1,571 boysGAHawaii: #106 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 496 boysHITexas: #322 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 2,327 boysTXFlorida: #265 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 1,888 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Utah#33 · 1 in 107
  2. Idaho#38 · 1 in 126
  3. North Dakota#44 · 1 in 167
  4. Oregon#47 · 1 in 202
  5. South Dakota#49 · 1 in 190

Best ever in a state: #1 in South Dakota, 1990.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#331771 in 107
Idaho#38671 in 126
North Dakota#44331 in 167
Oregon#47961 in 202
South Dakota#49281 in 190
Wyoming#52191 in 188
Washington#531341 in 221
Colorado#57781 in 279
Montana#58281 in 207
Iowa#63781 in 284
Nebraska#63451 in 266
Kansas#66561 in 301
Vermont#69101 in 307
Nevada#70151 in 330
Alaska#73111 in 321
Wisconsin#85701 in 493
New Hampshire#92101 in 569
Minnesota#93531 in 587
Oklahoma#94431 in 496
Hawaii#106131 in 496
Maine#112101 in 715
Missouri#115491 in 750
Indiana#119471 in 874
Massachusetts#122351 in 969
Delaware#13051 in 743
Connecticut#131181 in 961
Rhode Island#13651 in 1,060
Ohio#144721 in 1,117
California#1562201 in 817
Illinois#159821 in 1,021
Arizona#164251 in 837
Michigan#165511 in 1,314
Pennsylvania#183491 in 1,552
West Virginia#19281 in 1,737
Alabama#200211 in 1,285
Arkansas#206111 in 1,449
Georgia#230251 in 1,571
Virginia#232191 in 1,751
Kentucky#246111 in 2,560
Tennessee#258151 in 2,190
North Carolina#259181 in 2,087
Florida#265291 in 1,888
New York#286481 in 2,313
Maryland#28781 in 2,833
New Jersey#304151 in 2,829
New Mexico#32051 in 2,049
Texas#322531 in 2,327
South Carolina#39661 in 3,510
Louisiana#398121 in 2,908
Mississippi#41451 in 3,785
District of Columbia———

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 Tyler
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 28 spots since 2024 (#191 → #219)
  • 89 spots since 2020 (#130 → #219)
  • 138 spots since 2015 (#81 → #219)
  • Biggest jump: 268 spots in 1911 (#1,193 → #925)
  • Biggest drop: 497 spots in 1913 (#1,000 → #1,497)
Rise & fade · boys
114 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1994 at #5 (30,482 births)
  • Births halved by 2007, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 10 for 9 yrs
  • Top 10: 9 yrs · run 1992–2000
  • Top 100: 36 yrs · run 1981–2016
  • Top 1,000: 89 yrs · run 1944–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 63
  • Highest: 1 in 63 boys born in 1994 were named Tyler (1.6%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,046 boys born in 2025 (0.10%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 43.4% of all boys named Tyler (262,320) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s24#745 (1880)#884
1890s26#982 (1896)#1,060
1900s40#785 (1900)#1,091
1910s203#925 (1911)#1,298
1920s254#1,222 (1922)#1,509
1930s234#1,015 (1939)#1,500
1940s492#814 (1949)#977
1950s1,132#640 (1958)#701
1960s3,168#357 (1969)#455
1970s11,536#131 (1979)#214
1980s86,451#30 (1989)#57
1990s262,320#5 (1994)#10
2000s165,587#10 (2000)#18
2010s59,369#34 (2010)#78
2020s13,134#130 (2020)#173

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.

Tyler in 1979

girls
#1,814
59 births · 1 in 27,208 girls
boys
#131
2,044 births · 1 in 842 boys

Top girls' names in 1979

  1. #1Jennifer56,712
  2. #2Melissa34,050
  3. #3Amanda31,924
  4. #4Jessica27,780
  5. #5Amy21,609
  6. #6Sarah21,015
  7. #7Heather20,834
  8. #8Angela20,256
  9. #9Nicole19,510
  10. #10Michelle19,266
  11. #1,814Tyler59

Top boys' names in 1979

  1. #1Michael67,713
  2. #2Christopher50,659
  3. #3Jason50,369
  4. #4David42,053
  5. #5James39,351
  6. #6Matthew35,621
  7. #7John35,410
  8. #8Robert34,015
  9. #9Joshua31,120
  10. #10Brian28,659
  11. #131Tyler2,044
More about 1979

girls

1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 27,208 of them was named Tyler, which outranked 84.8% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tyler
  1. #1,795Taneisha60
  2. #1,795Temika60
  3. #1,795Unique60
  4. #1,814Tyler59
  5. #1,814Ashly59
  6. #1,814Claudine59
  7. #1,814Coretta59
  8. #1,832Annika58
  9. #1,832Blythe58
  10. #1,832Cinthia58

Tied with 17 names at #1,814; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1978
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,593Breanne#2,125 → #532
  2. ↑ 1,527Loni#2,516 → #989
  3. ↑ 1,287Renata#2,012 → #725
  4. ↑ 985Ashanti#1,862 → #877
  5. ↑ 896Nicolette#1,581 → #685
Fallers
  1. ↓ 392Christel#762 → #1,154
  2. ↓ 312Kenisha#557 → #869
  3. ↓ 297Ariane#887 → #1,184
  4. ↓ 285Imelda#947 → #1,232
  5. ↓ 252Farrah#539 → #791

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

boys

1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 842 of them was named Tyler, which outranked 98.1% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tyler
  1. #128Walter2,123
  2. #129Lee2,078
  3. #130Ricardo2,076
  4. #131Tyler2,044
  5. #132Roger2,024
  6. #133Martin2,019
  7. #134Jorge2,017
Biggest movers since 1978
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,228Tyrel#2,134 → #906
  2. ↑ 471Jace#1,186 → #715
  3. ↑ 387Chaz#1,371 → #984
  4. ↑ 311Tyrell#1,051 → #740
  5. ↑ 308Frederic#1,203 → #895
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,230Dequan#927 → #2,157
  2. ↓ 641Rahsaan#869 → #1,510
  3. ↓ 446Chip#989 → #1,435
  4. ↓ 308Rashaun#996 → #1,304
  5. ↓ 307Kenya#749 → #1,056

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

See the top 100 for 1979 →