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
1994 · 30,482 births
Debut · boys
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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201989peak #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
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1884—#9715
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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 1989

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #33 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 121 boysAKMaine: #16 for boys · 126 births · 1 in 61 boysMEVermont: #6 for boys · 88 births · 1 in 39 boysVTNew Hampshire: #13 for boys · 136 births · 1 in 59 boysNHWashington: #11 for boys · 557 births · 1 in 61 boysWAIdaho: #7 for boys · 142 births · 1 in 47 boysIDMontana: #5 for boys · 97 births · 1 in 48 boysMTNorth Dakota: #4 for boys · 125 births · 1 in 37 boysNDMinnesota: #12 for boys · 543 births · 1 in 58 boysMNIllinois: #34 for boys · 604 births · 1 in 144 boysILWisconsin: #16 for boys · 517 births · 1 in 64 boysWIMichigan: #36 for boys · 524 births · 1 in 132 boysMINew York: #57 for boys · 473 births · 1 in 285 boysNYMassachusetts: #42 for boys · 272 births · 1 in 161 boysMARhode Island: #39 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 134 boysRIOregon: #14 for boys · 304 births · 1 in 64 boysORNevada: #20 for boys · 95 births · 1 in 84 boysNVWyoming: #6 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 42 boysWYSouth Dakota: #6 for boys · 112 births · 1 in 42 boysSDIowa: #9 for boys · 386 births · 1 in 47 boysIAIndiana: #20 for boys · 513 births · 1 in 77 boysINOhio: #26 for boys · 864 births · 1 in 90 boysOHPennsylvania: #33 for boys · 720 births · 1 in 113 boysPANew Jersey: #59 for boys · 181 births · 1 in 304 boysNJConnecticut: #40 for boys · 154 births · 1 in 144 boysCTCalifornia: #38 for boys · 1,516 births · 1 in 177 boysCAUtah: #4 for boys · 331 births · 1 in 50 boysUTColorado: #17 for boys · 338 births · 1 in 72 boysCONebraska: #7 for boys · 232 births · 1 in 47 boysNEMissouri: #21 for boys · 453 births · 1 in 83 boysMOKentucky: #28 for boys · 257 births · 1 in 95 boysKYWest Virginia: #32 for boys · 98 births · 1 in 105 boysWVVirginia: #41 for boys · 265 births · 1 in 158 boysVAMaryland: #40 for boys · 213 births · 1 in 151 boysMDDelaware: #41 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 147 boysDEArizona: #20 for boys · 308 births · 1 in 98 boysAZNew Mexico: #44 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 169 boysNMKansas: #9 for boys · 285 births · 1 in 60 boysKSArkansas: #19 for boys · 192 births · 1 in 80 boysARTennessee: #31 for boys · 294 births · 1 in 118 boysTNNorth Carolina: #35 for boys · 339 births · 1 in 136 boysNCSouth Carolina: #36 for boys · 132 births · 1 in 179 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #136 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 597 boysDCOklahoma: #9 for boys · 331 births · 1 in 62 boysOKLouisiana: #40 for boys · 190 births · 1 in 168 boysLAMississippi: #34 for boys · 110 births · 1 in 156 boysMSAlabama: #30 for boys · 203 births · 1 in 133 boysALGeorgia: #38 for boys · 311 births · 1 in 159 boysGAHawaii: #33 for boys · 54 births · 1 in 128 boysHITexas: #42 for boys · 788 births · 1 in 188 boysTXFlorida: #38 for boys · 555 births · 1 in 161 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. North Dakota#4 · 1 in 37
  2. Utah#4 · 1 in 50
  3. Montana#5 · 1 in 48
  4. Vermont#6 · 1 in 39
  5. South Dakota#6 · 1 in 42

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
North Dakota#41251 in 37
Utah#43311 in 50
Montana#5971 in 48
South Dakota#61121 in 42
Vermont#6881 in 39
Wyoming#6581 in 42
Idaho#71421 in 47
Nebraska#72321 in 47
Iowa#93861 in 47
Kansas#92851 in 60
Oklahoma#93311 in 62
Washington#115571 in 61
Minnesota#125431 in 58
New Hampshire#131361 in 59
Oregon#143041 in 64
Maine#161261 in 61
Wisconsin#165171 in 64
Colorado#173381 in 72
Arkansas#191921 in 80
Arizona#203081 in 98
Indiana#205131 in 77
Nevada#20951 in 84
Missouri#214531 in 83
Ohio#268641 in 90
Kentucky#282571 in 95
Alabama#302031 in 133
Tennessee#312941 in 118
West Virginia#32981 in 105
Alaska#33361 in 121
Hawaii#33541 in 128
Pennsylvania#337201 in 113
Illinois#346041 in 144
Mississippi#341101 in 156
North Carolina#353391 in 136
Michigan#365241 in 132
South Carolina#361321 in 179
California#381,5161 in 177
Florida#385551 in 161
Georgia#383111 in 159
Rhode Island#39491 in 134
Connecticut#401541 in 144
Louisiana#401901 in 168
Maryland#402131 in 151
Delaware#41321 in 147
Virginia#412651 in 158
Massachusetts#422721 in 161
Texas#427881 in 188
New Mexico#44691 in 169
New York#574731 in 285
New Jersey#591811 in 304
District of Columbia#136221 in 597

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 1989

girls
#726
272 births · 1 in 6,778 girls
boys
#30
15,594 births · 1 in 128 boys

Top girls' names in 1989

  1. #1Jessica47,887
  2. #2Ashley47,588
  3. #3Brittany37,792
  4. #4Amanda36,834
  5. #5Sarah27,797
  6. #6Samantha24,792
  7. #7Jennifer24,006
  8. #8Stephanie22,766
  9. #9Lauren21,065
  10. #10Elizabeth20,298
  11. #726Tyler272

Top boys' names in 1989

  1. #1Michael65,415
  2. #2Christopher53,186
  3. #3Matthew45,375
  4. #4Joshua44,100
  5. #5David35,225
  6. #6Daniel35,007
  7. #7Andrew34,817
  8. #8Justin32,852
  9. #9James32,720
  10. #10Robert30,072
  11. #30Tyler15,594
More about 1989

girls

1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 6,778 of them was named Tyler, which outranked 95.0% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tyler
  1. #722Janna273
  2. #722Noel273
  3. #722Tiera273
  4. #726Tyler272
  5. #726Melisa272
  6. #726Sonja272
  7. #729Cameron271
  8. #730Dina270
  9. #730Jessika270

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,523Audriana#10,386 → #863
  2. ↑ 7,504Martika#8,391 → #887
  3. ↑ 6,932Audrianna#7,691 → #759
  4. ↑ 3,972Elizabet#4,496 → #524
  5. ↑ 1,772Katherin#2,489 → #717
Fallers
  1. ↓ 539Diandra#905 → #1,444
  2. ↓ 524Taja#720 → #1,244
  3. ↓ 455Jonathan#999 → #1,454
  4. ↓ 445Katarina#960 → #1,405
  5. ↓ 397Caryn#816 → #1,213

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

boys

2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 128 of them was named Tyler, which outranked 99.7% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tyler
  1. #27Adam16,928
  2. #28Timothy16,427
  3. #29Benjamin15,733
  4. #30Tyler15,594
  5. #31Aaron15,308
  6. #32Alexander14,523
  7. #33Richard14,133
Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,314Kiara#7,270 → #956
  2. ↑ 5,870Alexande#6,426 → #556
  3. ↑ 1,111Kwame#1,768 → #657
  4. ↑ 766Kadeem#1,467 → #701
  5. ↑ 684Hakeem#1,270 → #586
Fallers
  1. ↓ 839Long#819 → #1,658
  2. ↓ 337Darell#981 → #1,318
  3. ↓ 294Whitney#890 → #1,184
  4. ↓ 269Trevin#840 → #1,109
  5. ↓ 252Curt#850 → #1,102

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

See the top 100 for 1989 →