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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201998peak #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 1998

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #16 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 74 boysAKMaine: #3 for boys · 144 births · 1 in 39 boysMEVermont: #2 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 36 boysVTNew Hampshire: #5 for boys · 146 births · 1 in 42 boysNHWashington: #7 for boys · 466 births · 1 in 74 boysWAIdaho: #4 for boys · 127 births · 1 in 60 boysIDMontana: #4 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 56 boysMTNorth Dakota: #4 for boys · 83 births · 1 in 42 boysNDMinnesota: #4 for boys · 526 births · 1 in 54 boysMNIllinois: #12 for boys · 977 births · 1 in 82 boysILWisconsin: #4 for boys · 541 births · 1 in 54 boysWIMichigan: #6 for boys · 1,049 births · 1 in 57 boysMINew York: #17 for boys · 1,374 births · 1 in 84 boysNYMassachusetts: #12 for boys · 579 births · 1 in 63 boysMARhode Island: #10 for boys · 97 births · 1 in 56 boysRIOregon: #4 for boys · 295 births · 1 in 68 boysORNevada: #7 for boys · 173 births · 1 in 65 boysNVWyoming: #5 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 44 boysWYSouth Dakota: #3 for boys · 79 births · 1 in 50 boysSDIowa: #3 for boys · 328 births · 1 in 50 boysIAIndiana: #4 for boys · 717 births · 1 in 53 boysINOhio: #6 for boys · 1,240 births · 1 in 56 boysOHPennsylvania: #5 for boys · 1,355 births · 1 in 49 boysPANew Jersey: #19 for boys · 615 births · 1 in 79 boysNJConnecticut: #8 for boys · 338 births · 1 in 55 boysCTCalifornia: #24 for boys · 1,819 births · 1 in 134 boysCAUtah: #3 for boys · 350 births · 1 in 56 boysUTColorado: #5 for boys · 389 births · 1 in 67 boysCONebraska: #2 for boys · 190 births · 1 in 53 boysNEMissouri: #3 for boys · 654 births · 1 in 53 boysMOKentucky: #12 for boys · 361 births · 1 in 65 boysKYWest Virginia: #3 for boys · 208 births · 1 in 43 boysWVVirginia: #11 for boys · 604 births · 1 in 66 boysVAMaryland: #9 for boys · 456 births · 1 in 62 boysMDDelaware: #2 for boys · 101 births · 1 in 38 boysDEArizona: #12 for boys · 411 births · 1 in 85 boysAZNew Mexico: #17 for boys · 113 births · 1 in 95 boysNMKansas: #6 for boys · 238 births · 1 in 66 boysKSArkansas: #6 for boys · 234 births · 1 in 62 boysARTennessee: #10 for boys · 559 births · 1 in 64 boysTNNorth Carolina: #11 for boys · 660 births · 1 in 74 boysNCSouth Carolina: #14 for boys · 283 births · 1 in 73 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #48 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 190 boysDCOklahoma: #4 for boys · 369 births · 1 in 56 boysOKLouisiana: #6 for boys · 443 births · 1 in 61 boysLAMississippi: #12 for boys · 208 births · 1 in 74 boysMSAlabama: #11 for boys · 373 births · 1 in 68 boysALGeorgia: #13 for boys · 636 births · 1 in 81 boysGAHawaii: #10 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 66 boysHITexas: #24 for boys · 1,256 births · 1 in 128 boysTXFlorida: #9 for boys · 1,217 births · 1 in 71 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Vermont#2 · 1 in 36
  2. Delaware#2 · 1 in 38
  3. Nebraska#2 · 1 in 53
  4. Maine#3 · 1 in 39
  5. West Virginia#3 · 1 in 43

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Delaware#21011 in 38
Nebraska#21901 in 53
Vermont#2661 in 36
Iowa#33281 in 50
Maine#31441 in 39
Missouri#36541 in 53
South Dakota#3791 in 50
Utah#33501 in 56
West Virginia#32081 in 43
Idaho#41271 in 60
Indiana#47171 in 53
Minnesota#45261 in 54
Montana#4721 in 56
North Dakota#4831 in 42
Oklahoma#43691 in 56
Oregon#42951 in 68
Wisconsin#45411 in 54
Colorado#53891 in 67
New Hampshire#51461 in 42
Pennsylvania#51,3551 in 49
Wyoming#5441 in 44
Arkansas#62341 in 62
Kansas#62381 in 66
Louisiana#64431 in 61
Michigan#61,0491 in 57
Ohio#61,2401 in 56
Nevada#71731 in 65
Washington#74661 in 74
Connecticut#83381 in 55
Florida#91,2171 in 71
Maryland#94561 in 62
Hawaii#10781 in 66
Rhode Island#10971 in 56
Tennessee#105591 in 64
Alabama#113731 in 68
North Carolina#116601 in 74
Virginia#116041 in 66
Arizona#124111 in 85
Illinois#129771 in 82
Kentucky#123611 in 65
Massachusetts#125791 in 63
Mississippi#122081 in 74
Georgia#136361 in 81
South Carolina#142831 in 73
Alaska#16451 in 74
New Mexico#171131 in 95
New York#171,3741 in 84
New Jersey#196151 in 79
California#241,8191 in 134
Texas#241,2561 in 128
District of Columbia#48261 in 190

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 1998

girls
#355
810 births · 1 in 2,181 girls
boys
#8
23,712 births · 1 in 81 boys

Top girls' names in 1998

  1. #1Emily26,188
  2. #2Hannah21,376
  3. #3Samantha20,195
  4. #4Sarah19,898
  5. #5Ashley19,875
  6. #6Alexis19,778
  7. #7Taylor18,576
  8. #8Jessica18,239
  9. #9Madison17,787
  10. #10Elizabeth15,193
  11. #355Tyler810

Top boys' names in 1998

  1. #1Michael36,618
  2. #2Jacob36,031
  3. #3Matthew31,146
  4. #4Joshua28,095
  5. #5Christopher27,007
  6. #6Nicholas26,632
  7. #7Brandon23,832
  8. #8Tyler23,712
  9. #9Andrew23,664
  10. #10Austin23,478
More about 1998

girls

1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 2,181 of them was named Tyler, which outranked 97.9% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tyler
  1. #352Harley825
  2. #353Emilee816
  3. #354Paola812
  4. #355Tyler810
  5. #356Kaitlynn809
  6. #357Haylee808
  7. #357Heaven808
Biggest movers since 1997
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,123Calista#2,820 → #697
  2. ↑ 1,165Ireland#1,983 → #818
  3. ↑ 1,158Abril#2,116 → #958
  4. ↑ 755Mya#993 → #238
  5. ↑ 619Ally#1,036 → #417
Fallers
  1. ↓ 586Yulissa#424 → #1,010
  2. ↓ 462Moesha#943 → #1,405
  3. ↓ 397Yulisa#985 → #1,382
  4. ↓ 376Tonya#905 → #1,281
  5. ↓ 347Xena#765 → #1,112

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

boys

1,911,366 boys got a published name in 1998; 1 in 81 of them was named Tyler, which outranked 99.9% of the 11,311 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tyler
  1. #5Christopher27,007
  2. #6Nicholas26,632
  3. #7Brandon23,832
  4. #8Tyler23,712
  5. #9Andrew23,664
  6. #10Austin23,478
  7. #11Joseph23,186
Biggest movers since 1997
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,736Tyrese#2,347 → #611
  2. ↑ 805Zion#1,499 → #694
  3. ↑ 785Mekhi#1,706 → #921
  4. ↑ 743Tyriq#1,519 → #776
  5. ↑ 741Tavian#1,599 → #858
Fallers
  1. ↓ 429Coty#918 → #1,347
  2. ↓ 367Anfernee#838 → #1,205
  3. ↓ 326Jessy#962 → #1,288
  4. ↓ 295Mickey#966 → #1,261
  5. ↓ 280Mikal#1,000 → #1,280

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

See the top 100 for 1998 →