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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #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——
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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 1990

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #20 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 85 boysAKMaine: #10 for boys · 142 births · 1 in 53 boysMEVermont: #6 for boys · 86 births · 1 in 39 boysVTNew Hampshire: #8 for boys · 167 births · 1 in 47 boysNHWashington: #10 for boys · 616 births · 1 in 58 boysWAIdaho: #6 for boys · 148 births · 1 in 46 boysIDMontana: #5 for boys · 110 births · 1 in 43 boysMTNorth Dakota: #2 for boys · 123 births · 1 in 35 boysNDMinnesota: #8 for boys · 642 births · 1 in 49 boysMNIllinois: #29 for boys · 808 births · 1 in 110 boysILWisconsin: #10 for boys · 639 births · 1 in 52 boysWIMichigan: #24 for boys · 790 births · 1 in 90 boysMINew York: #46 for boys · 674 births · 1 in 206 boysNYMassachusetts: #34 for boys · 377 births · 1 in 117 boysMARhode Island: #43 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 151 boysRIOregon: #7 for boys · 384 births · 1 in 53 boysORNevada: #11 for boys · 144 births · 1 in 60 boysNVWyoming: #4 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 37 boysWYSouth Dakota: #1 for boys · 147 births · 1 in 31 boysSDIowa: #4 for boys · 483 births · 1 in 38 boysIAIndiana: #11 for boys · 691 births · 1 in 59 boysINOhio: #16 for boys · 1,211 births · 1 in 66 boysOHPennsylvania: #20 for boys · 1,015 births · 1 in 81 boysPANew Jersey: #41 for boys · 294 births · 1 in 186 boysNJConnecticut: #26 for boys · 241 births · 1 in 94 boysCTCalifornia: #30 for boys · 2,004 births · 1 in 145 boysCAUtah: #3 for boys · 339 births · 1 in 49 boysUTColorado: #10 for boys · 388 births · 1 in 63 boysCONebraska: #4 for boys · 276 births · 1 in 40 boysNEMissouri: #17 for boys · 577 births · 1 in 66 boysMOKentucky: #21 for boys · 338 births · 1 in 73 boysKYWest Virginia: #17 for boys · 165 births · 1 in 64 boysWVVirginia: #30 for boys · 381 births · 1 in 114 boysVAMaryland: #31 for boys · 289 births · 1 in 115 boysMDDelaware: #31 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 102 boysDEArizona: #14 for boys · 405 births · 1 in 76 boysAZNew Mexico: #36 for boys · 77 births · 1 in 148 boysNMKansas: #7 for boys · 321 births · 1 in 53 boysKSArkansas: #14 for boys · 224 births · 1 in 69 boysARTennessee: #18 for boys · 433 births · 1 in 82 boysTNNorth Carolina: #19 for boys · 490 births · 1 in 97 boysNCSouth Carolina: #28 for boys · 194 births · 1 in 125 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #67 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 310 boysDCOklahoma: #6 for boys · 414 births · 1 in 50 boysOKLouisiana: #21 for boys · 323 births · 1 in 97 boysLAMississippi: #22 for boys · 159 births · 1 in 108 boysMSAlabama: #23 for boys · 270 births · 1 in 100 boysALGeorgia: #21 for boys · 486 births · 1 in 103 boysGAHawaii: #23 for boys · 79 births · 1 in 91 boysHITexas: #29 for boys · 1,016 births · 1 in 151 boysTXFlorida: #26 for boys · 827 births · 1 in 111 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. South Dakota#1 · 1 in 31
  2. North Dakota#2 · 1 in 35
  3. Utah#3 · 1 in 49
  4. Wyoming#4 · 1 in 37
  5. Iowa#4 · 1 in 38

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Dakota#11471 in 31
North Dakota#21231 in 35
Utah#33391 in 49
Iowa#44831 in 38
Nebraska#42761 in 40
Wyoming#4651 in 37
Montana#51101 in 43
Idaho#61481 in 46
Oklahoma#64141 in 50
Vermont#6861 in 39
Kansas#73211 in 53
Oregon#73841 in 53
Minnesota#86421 in 49
New Hampshire#81671 in 47
Colorado#103881 in 63
Maine#101421 in 53
Washington#106161 in 58
Wisconsin#106391 in 52
Indiana#116911 in 59
Nevada#111441 in 60
Arizona#144051 in 76
Arkansas#142241 in 69
Ohio#161,2111 in 66
Missouri#175771 in 66
West Virginia#171651 in 64
Tennessee#184331 in 82
North Carolina#194901 in 97
Alaska#20521 in 85
Pennsylvania#201,0151 in 81
Georgia#214861 in 103
Kentucky#213381 in 73
Louisiana#213231 in 97
Mississippi#221591 in 108
Alabama#232701 in 100
Hawaii#23791 in 91
Michigan#247901 in 90
Connecticut#262411 in 94
Florida#268271 in 111
South Carolina#281941 in 125
Illinois#298081 in 110
Texas#291,0161 in 151
California#302,0041 in 145
Virginia#303811 in 114
Delaware#31481 in 102
Maryland#312891 in 115
Massachusetts#343771 in 117
New Mexico#36771 in 148
New Jersey#412941 in 186
Rhode Island#43441 in 151
New York#466741 in 206
District of Columbia#67301 in 310

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 1990

girls
#535
445 births · 1 in 4,266 girls
boys
#21
20,646 births · 1 in 99 boys

Top girls' names in 1990

  1. #1Jessica46,486
  2. #2Ashley45,561
  3. #3Brittany36,536
  4. #4Amanda34,413
  5. #5Samantha25,868
  6. #6Sarah25,824
  7. #7Stephanie24,864
  8. #8Jennifer22,236
  9. #9Elizabeth20,750
  10. #10Lauren20,506
  11. #535Tyler445

Top boys' names in 1990

  1. #1Michael65,321
  2. #2Christopher52,362
  3. #3Matthew44,826
  4. #4Joshua43,237
  5. #5Daniel33,830
  6. #6David33,748
  7. #7Andrew33,673
  8. #8James32,359
  9. #9Justin30,649
  10. #10Joseph30,137
  11. #21Tyler20,646
More about 1990

girls

1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 4,266 of them was named Tyler, which outranked 96.5% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tyler
  1. #531Laurel447
  2. #531Leanne447
  3. #534Juanita446
  4. #535Tyler445
  5. #536Ashly444
  6. #536Justina444
  7. #538Mara443
Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,592Alannah#6,531 → #939
  2. ↑ 1,178Symone#1,998 → #820
  3. ↑ 869Shelbi#1,750 → #881
  4. ↑ 831Latifah#1,532 → #701
  5. ↑ 828Skyler#1,564 → #736
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,554Elizabet#524 → #3,078
  2. ↓ 1,572Katherin#717 → #2,289
  3. ↓ 652Stephani#390 → #1,042
  4. ↓ 504Ashanti#893 → #1,397
  5. ↓ 416Audrianna#759 → #1,175

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

boys

2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 99 of them was named Tyler, which outranked 99.8% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tyler
  1. #18Kyle22,710
  2. #19Brandon22,163
  3. #20Jacob22,022
  4. #21Tyler20,646
  5. #22Zachary20,430
  6. #23Kevin20,413
  7. #24Eric19,430
Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,636Tevin#4,017 → #381
  2. ↑ 3,283Keenen#4,271 → #988
  3. ↑ 1,325Male#2,027 → #702
  4. ↑ 1,032Denzel#1,476 → #444
  5. ↑ 598Kevon#1,476 → #878
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,130Kiara#956 → #2,086
  2. ↓ 916Rachel#993 → #1,909
  3. ↓ 855Nicole#985 → #1,840
  4. ↓ 746Tiffany#956 → #1,702
  5. ↓ 681Sarah#819 → #1,500

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

See the top 100 for 1990 →