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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201982peak #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——
1886——
1885——
1884—#9715
1883——
1882——
1881——
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 1982

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #57 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 224 boysAKMaine: #54 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 217 boysMEVermont: #28 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 84 boysVTNew Hampshire: #53 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 197 boysNHWashington: #36 for boys · 269 births · 1 in 118 boysWAIdaho: #20 for boys · 104 births · 1 in 79 boysIDMontana: #16 for boys · 87 births · 1 in 68 boysMTNorth Dakota: #11 for boys · 111 births · 1 in 54 boysNDMinnesota: #53 for boys · 139 births · 1 in 236 boysMNIllinois: #84 for boys · 170 births · 1 in 493 boysILWisconsin: #51 for boys · 144 births · 1 in 241 boysWIMichigan: #96 for boys · 112 births · 1 in 579 boysMINew York: #194 for boys · 86 births · 1 in 1,348 boysNYMassachusetts: #108 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 843 boysMARhode Island: #97 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 560 boysRIOregon: #37 for boys · 160 births · 1 in 119 boysORNevada: #64 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 290 boysNVWyoming: #28 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 90 boysWYSouth Dakota: #29 for boys · 54 births · 1 in 99 boysSDIowa: #38 for boys · 183 births · 1 in 116 boysIAIndiana: #62 for boys · 126 births · 1 in 315 boysINOhio: #69 for boys · 195 births · 1 in 405 boysOHPennsylvania: #90 for boys · 126 births · 1 in 620 boysPANew Jersey: #164 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 1,222 boysNJConnecticut: #75 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 376 boysCTCalifornia: #94 for boys · 427 births · 1 in 480 boysCAUtah: #14 for boys · 276 births · 1 in 70 boysUTColorado: #43 for boys · 162 births · 1 in 155 boysCONebraska: #39 for boys · 104 births · 1 in 117 boysNEMissouri: #56 for boys · 126 births · 1 in 292 boysMOKentucky: #76 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 412 boysKYWest Virginia: #144 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 1,153 boysWVVirginia: #123 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 801 boysVAMaryland: #151 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 948 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Tyler, so not publishedDEArizona: #62 for boys · 86 births · 1 in 275 boysAZNew Mexico: #98 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 413 boysNMKansas: #39 for boys · 133 births · 1 in 134 boysKSArkansas: #92 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 466 boysARTennessee: #125 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 741 boysTNNorth Carolina: #110 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 621 boysNCSouth Carolina: #190 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 1,051 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #224 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,290 boysDCOklahoma: #57 for boys · 105 births · 1 in 246 boysOKLouisiana: #155 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 787 boysLAMississippi: #296 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,139 boysMSAlabama: #97 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 521 boysALGeorgia: #129 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 737 boysGAHawaii: #66 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 291 boysHITexas: #174 for boys · 165 births · 1 in 874 boysTXFlorida: #150 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 893 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. North Dakota#11 · 1 in 54
  2. Utah#14 · 1 in 70
  3. Montana#16 · 1 in 68
  4. Idaho#20 · 1 in 79
  5. Vermont#28 · 1 in 84

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
North Dakota#111111 in 54
Utah#142761 in 70
Montana#16871 in 68
Idaho#201041 in 79
Vermont#28381 in 84
Wyoming#28451 in 90
South Dakota#29541 in 99
Washington#362691 in 118
Oregon#371601 in 119
Iowa#381831 in 116
Kansas#391331 in 134
Nebraska#391041 in 117
Colorado#431621 in 155
Wisconsin#511441 in 241
Minnesota#531391 in 236
New Hampshire#53321 in 197
Maine#54331 in 217
Missouri#561261 in 292
Alaska#57201 in 224
Oklahoma#571051 in 246
Arizona#62861 in 275
Indiana#621261 in 315
Nevada#64201 in 290
Hawaii#66241 in 291
Ohio#691951 in 405
Connecticut#75481 in 376
Kentucky#76651 in 412
Illinois#841701 in 493
Pennsylvania#901261 in 620
Arkansas#92331 in 466
California#944271 in 480
Michigan#961121 in 579
Alabama#97501 in 521
Rhode Island#97101 in 560
New Mexico#98281 in 413
Massachusetts#108431 in 843
North Carolina#110621 in 621
Virginia#123441 in 801
Tennessee#125441 in 741
Georgia#129551 in 737
West Virginia#144111 in 1,153
Florida#150741 in 893
Maryland#151271 in 948
Louisiana#155481 in 787
New Jersey#164361 in 1,222
Texas#1741651 in 874
South Carolina#190201 in 1,051
New York#194861 in 1,348
District of Columbia#22461 in 1,290
Mississippi#29691 in 2,139
Delaware———

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 1982

girls
#1,064
135 births · 1 in 12,543 girls
boys
#66
4,577 births · 1 in 396 boys

Top girls' names in 1982

  1. #1Jennifer57,120
  2. #2Jessica45,453
  3. #3Amanda34,214
  4. #4Sarah28,483
  5. #5Melissa25,864
  6. #6Nicole21,706
  7. #7Stephanie20,861
  8. #8Elizabeth20,506
  9. #9Crystal19,099
  10. #10Amy18,799
  11. #1,064Tyler135

Top boys' names in 1982

  1. #1Michael68,216
  2. #2Christopher59,223
  3. #3Matthew46,045
  4. #4Jason40,628
  5. #5David40,453
  6. #6James38,874
  7. #7Joshua38,004
  8. #8John34,698
  9. #9Robert34,409
  10. #10Daniel32,652
  11. #66Tyler4,577
More about 1982

girls

1,693,325 girls got a published name in 1982; 1 in 12,543 of them was named Tyler, which outranked 91.4% of the 12,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tyler
  1. #1,058Nicholas136
  2. #1,058Stephaine136
  3. #1,058Tomeka136
  4. #1,064Tyler135
  5. #1,064Anthony135
  6. #1,064Joleen135
  7. #1,064Kiana135
  8. #1,069Angelita134
  9. #1,069Cathryn134
  10. #1,069Latia134

Tied with 4 names at #1,064; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1981
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,715Kaleena#2,375 → #660
  2. ↑ 1,197Kala#1,958 → #761
  3. ↑ 1,094Chelsie#2,028 → #934
  4. ↑ 1,081Tenika#2,028 → #947
  5. ↑ 1,044Falon#1,958 → #914
Fallers
  1. ↓ 538Evita#779 → #1,317
  2. ↓ 517Martine#791 → #1,308
  3. ↓ 473Dusty#720 → #1,193
  4. ↓ 470Regan#991 → #1,461
  5. ↓ 401Windy#998 → #1,399

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

boys

1,814,447 boys got a published name in 1982; 1 in 396 of them was named Tyler, which outranked 99.1% of the 7,367 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tyler
  1. #63Marcus4,988
  2. #64Gary4,642
  3. #65Alexander4,593
  4. #66Tyler4,577
  5. #67Phillip4,520
  6. #68Douglas4,511
  7. #69Joel4,446
Biggest movers since 1981
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,958Colt#2,418 → #460
  2. ↑ 730Eliot#1,695 → #965
  3. ↑ 532Colton#1,334 → #802
  4. ↑ 478Kiel#1,101 → #623
  5. ↑ 416Eugenio#1,411 → #995
Fallers
  1. ↓ 309Marchello#841 → #1,150
  2. ↓ 237Carmen#851 → #1,088
  3. ↓ 234Claudio#976 → #1,210
  4. ↓ 224Irvin#826 → #1,050
  5. ↓ 222Jeramiah#971 → #1,193

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

See the top 100 for 1982 →