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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201996peak #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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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 1996

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #9 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 53 boysAKMaine: #1 for boys · 175 births · 1 in 33 boysMEVermont: #3 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 39 boysVTNew Hampshire: #5 for boys · 152 births · 1 in 41 boysNHWashington: #4 for boys · 578 births · 1 in 58 boysWAIdaho: #3 for boys · 159 births · 1 in 46 boysIDMontana: #2 for boys · 96 births · 1 in 42 boysMTNorth Dakota: #3 for boys · 90 births · 1 in 42 boysNDMinnesota: #4 for boys · 573 births · 1 in 50 boysMNIllinois: #11 for boys · 1,083 births · 1 in 75 boysILWisconsin: #3 for boys · 601 births · 1 in 49 boysWIMichigan: #3 for boys · 1,255 births · 1 in 47 boysMINew York: #18 for boys · 1,381 births · 1 in 86 boysNYMassachusetts: #11 for boys · 610 births · 1 in 61 boysMARhode Island: #8 for boys · 119 births · 1 in 47 boysRIOregon: #3 for boys · 353 births · 1 in 56 boysORNevada: #7 for boys · 171 births · 1 in 61 boysNVWyoming: #1 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 30 boysWYSouth Dakota: #2 for boys · 121 births · 1 in 34 boysSDIowa: #3 for boys · 377 births · 1 in 44 boysIAIndiana: #3 for boys · 739 births · 1 in 51 boysINOhio: #3 for boys · 1,546 births · 1 in 45 boysOHPennsylvania: #3 for boys · 1,535 births · 1 in 45 boysPANew Jersey: #13 for boys · 682 births · 1 in 71 boysNJConnecticut: #10 for boys · 352 births · 1 in 55 boysCTCalifornia: #23 for boys · 2,107 births · 1 in 120 boysCAUtah: #4 for boys · 340 births · 1 in 56 boysUTColorado: #3 for boys · 453 births · 1 in 55 boysCONebraska: #3 for boys · 224 births · 1 in 44 boysNEMissouri: #3 for boys · 698 births · 1 in 49 boysMOKentucky: #9 for boys · 459 births · 1 in 50 boysKYWest Virginia: #1 for boys · 281 births · 1 in 33 boysWVVirginia: #9 for boys · 665 births · 1 in 59 boysVAMaryland: #10 for boys · 476 births · 1 in 60 boysMDDelaware: #4 for boys · 97 births · 1 in 40 boysDEArizona: #5 for boys · 532 births · 1 in 63 boysAZNew Mexico: #11 for boys · 139 births · 1 in 78 boysNMKansas: #3 for boys · 304 births · 1 in 49 boysKSArkansas: #2 for boys · 323 births · 1 in 45 boysARTennessee: #10 for boys · 570 births · 1 in 60 boysTNNorth Carolina: #9 for boys · 820 births · 1 in 56 boysNCSouth Carolina: #11 for boys · 310 births · 1 in 63 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #48 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 200 boysDCOklahoma: #1 for boys · 420 births · 1 in 45 boysOKLouisiana: #3 for boys · 504 births · 1 in 53 boysLAMississippi: #12 for boys · 207 births · 1 in 73 boysMSAlabama: #12 for boys · 403 births · 1 in 62 boysALGeorgia: #11 for boys · 712 births · 1 in 68 boysGAHawaii: #5 for boys · 99 births · 1 in 58 boysHITexas: #21 for boys · 1,444 births · 1 in 108 boysTXFlorida: #6 for boys · 1,395 births · 1 in 61 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Wyoming#1 · 1 in 30
  2. West Virginia#1 · 1 in 33
  3. Maine#1 · 1 in 33
  4. Oklahoma#1 · 1 in 45
  5. South Dakota#2 · 1 in 34

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Maine#11751 in 33
Oklahoma#14201 in 45
West Virginia#12811 in 33
Wyoming#1681 in 30
Arkansas#23231 in 45
Montana#2961 in 42
South Dakota#21211 in 34
Colorado#34531 in 55
Idaho#31591 in 46
Indiana#37391 in 51
Iowa#33771 in 44
Kansas#33041 in 49
Louisiana#35041 in 53
Michigan#31,2551 in 47
Missouri#36981 in 49
Nebraska#32241 in 44
North Dakota#3901 in 42
Ohio#31,5461 in 45
Oregon#33531 in 56
Pennsylvania#31,5351 in 45
Vermont#3661 in 39
Wisconsin#36011 in 49
Delaware#4971 in 40
Minnesota#45731 in 50
Utah#43401 in 56
Washington#45781 in 58
Arizona#55321 in 63
Hawaii#5991 in 58
New Hampshire#51521 in 41
Florida#61,3951 in 61
Nevada#71711 in 61
Rhode Island#81191 in 47
Alaska#9671 in 53
Kentucky#94591 in 50
North Carolina#98201 in 56
Virginia#96651 in 59
Connecticut#103521 in 55
Maryland#104761 in 60
Tennessee#105701 in 60
Georgia#117121 in 68
Illinois#111,0831 in 75
Massachusetts#116101 in 61
New Mexico#111391 in 78
South Carolina#113101 in 63
Alabama#124031 in 62
Mississippi#122071 in 73
New Jersey#136821 in 71
New York#181,3811 in 86
Texas#211,4441 in 108
California#232,1071 in 120
District of Columbia#48251 in 200

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 1996

girls
#333
849 births · 1 in 2,065 girls
boys
#7
26,956 births · 1 in 70 boys

Top girls' names in 1996

  1. #1Emily25,150
  2. #2Jessica24,201
  3. #3Ashley23,678
  4. #4Sarah21,048
  5. #5Samantha20,552
  6. #6Taylor19,155
  7. #7Hannah18,596
  8. #8Alexis16,592
  9. #9Rachel16,121
  10. #10Elizabeth16,003
  11. #333Tyler849

Top boys' names in 1996

  1. #1Michael38,373
  2. #2Matthew32,077
  3. #3Jacob31,925
  4. #4Christopher30,904
  5. #5Joshua29,175
  6. #6Nicholas27,724
  7. #7Tyler26,956
  8. #8Brandon25,847
  9. #9Austin25,663
  10. #10Andrew25,244
More about 1996

girls

1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 2,065 of them was named Tyler, which outranked 97.9% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tyler
  1. #330Sophie854
  2. #331Baylee853
  3. #332Kali850
  4. #333Tyler849
  5. #334Julianna834
  6. #335Aaliyah831
  7. #336Natalia830
Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,167Odalys#2,845 → #678
  2. ↑ 1,531Tamia#2,028 → #497
  3. ↑ 1,524Jaycie#2,486 → #962
  4. ↑ 1,486Odalis#2,394 → #908
  5. ↑ 1,430Zaria#2,155 → #725
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,558Unknown#865 → #2,423
  2. ↓ 723Iridian#886 → #1,609
  3. ↓ 435Selene#964 → #1,399
  4. ↓ 394Salina#838 → #1,232
  5. ↓ 339Chelsi#697 → #1,036

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

boys

1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 70 of them was named Tyler, which outranked 99.9% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tyler
  1. #4Christopher30,904
  2. #5Joshua29,175
  3. #6Nicholas27,724
  4. #7Tyler26,956
  5. #8Brandon25,847
  6. #9Austin25,663
  7. #10Andrew25,244
Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,398Keyshawn#2,178 → #780
  2. ↑ 1,171Jair#2,055 → #884
  3. ↑ 1,065Kordell#2,055 → #990
  4. ↑ 856Shemar#1,758 → #902
  5. ↑ 686Nasir#1,648 → #962
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,075Unknown#665 → #1,740
  2. ↓ 649Rashaan#937 → #1,586
  3. ↓ 633Savon#966 → #1,599
  4. ↓ 514Latrell#966 → #1,480
  5. ↓ 351Rakeem#970 → #1,321

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

See the top 100 for 1996 →