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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202005peak #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 2005

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #13 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 83 boysAKMaine: #2 for boys · 97 births · 1 in 57 boysMEVermont: #16 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 76 boysVTNew Hampshire: #5 for boys · 98 births · 1 in 57 boysNHWashington: #8 for boys · 358 births · 1 in 97 boysWAIdaho: #8 for boys · 90 births · 1 in 96 boysIDMontana: #7 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 77 boysMTNorth Dakota: #11 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 78 boysNDMinnesota: #11 for boys · 355 births · 1 in 84 boysMNIllinois: #16 for boys · 719 births · 1 in 107 boysILWisconsin: #3 for boys · 386 births · 1 in 76 boysWIMichigan: #7 for boys · 652 births · 1 in 84 boysMINew York: #17 for boys · 1,031 births · 1 in 105 boysNYMassachusetts: #18 for boys · 408 births · 1 in 81 boysMARhode Island: #8 for boys · 88 births · 1 in 56 boysRIOregon: #6 for boys · 206 births · 1 in 94 boysORNevada: #17 for boys · 144 births · 1 in 102 boysNVWyoming: #3 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 59 boysWYSouth Dakota: #4 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 72 boysSDIowa: #5 for boys · 187 births · 1 in 88 boysIAIndiana: #9 for boys · 384 births · 1 in 100 boysINOhio: #9 for boys · 764 births · 1 in 86 boysOHPennsylvania: #9 for boys · 834 births · 1 in 76 boysPANew Jersey: #15 for boys · 519 births · 1 in 90 boysNJConnecticut: #13 for boys · 242 births · 1 in 69 boysCTCalifornia: #32 for boys · 1,558 births · 1 in 163 boysCAUtah: #6 for boys · 240 births · 1 in 93 boysUTColorado: #6 for boys · 312 births · 1 in 96 boysCONebraska: #16 for boys · 101 births · 1 in 102 boysNEMissouri: #5 for boys · 428 births · 1 in 80 boysMOKentucky: #11 for boys · 266 births · 1 in 88 boysKYWest Virginia: #7 for boys · 127 births · 1 in 71 boysWVVirginia: #15 for boys · 452 births · 1 in 95 boysVAMaryland: #18 for boys · 304 births · 1 in 95 boysMDDelaware: #18 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 80 boysDEArizona: #18 for boys · 381 births · 1 in 111 boysAZNew Mexico: #41 for boys · 75 births · 1 in 145 boysNMKansas: #7 for boys · 166 births · 1 in 99 boysKSArkansas: #9 for boys · 171 births · 1 in 88 boysARTennessee: #12 for boys · 375 births · 1 in 98 boysTNNorth Carolina: #15 for boys · 487 births · 1 in 107 boysNCSouth Carolina: #11 for boys · 241 births · 1 in 88 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #42 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 151 boysDCOklahoma: #6 for boys · 225 births · 1 in 92 boysOKLouisiana: #9 for boys · 251 births · 1 in 96 boysLAMississippi: #9 for boys · 180 births · 1 in 82 boysMSAlabama: #14 for boys · 242 births · 1 in 98 boysALGeorgia: #13 for boys · 562 births · 1 in 106 boysGAHawaii: #8 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 81 boysHITexas: #42 for boys · 898 births · 1 in 202 boysTXFlorida: #14 for boys · 988 births · 1 in 100 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Maine#2 · 1 in 57
  2. Wyoming#3 · 1 in 59
  3. Wisconsin#3 · 1 in 76
  4. South Dakota#4 · 1 in 72
  5. New Hampshire#5 · 1 in 57

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Maine#2971 in 57
Wisconsin#33861 in 76
Wyoming#3351 in 59
South Dakota#4581 in 72
Iowa#51871 in 88
Missouri#54281 in 80
New Hampshire#5981 in 57
Colorado#63121 in 96
Oklahoma#62251 in 92
Oregon#62061 in 94
Utah#62401 in 93
Kansas#71661 in 99
Michigan#76521 in 84
Montana#7511 in 77
West Virginia#71271 in 71
Hawaii#8591 in 81
Idaho#8901 in 96
Rhode Island#8881 in 56
Washington#83581 in 97
Arkansas#91711 in 88
Indiana#93841 in 100
Louisiana#92511 in 96
Mississippi#91801 in 82
Ohio#97641 in 86
Pennsylvania#98341 in 76
Kentucky#112661 in 88
Minnesota#113551 in 84
North Dakota#11451 in 78
South Carolina#112411 in 88
Tennessee#123751 in 98
Alaska#13401 in 83
Connecticut#132421 in 69
Georgia#135621 in 106
Alabama#142421 in 98
Florida#149881 in 100
New Jersey#155191 in 90
North Carolina#154871 in 107
Virginia#154521 in 95
Illinois#167191 in 107
Nebraska#161011 in 102
Vermont#16291 in 76
Nevada#171441 in 102
New York#171,0311 in 105
Arizona#183811 in 111
Delaware#18511 in 80
Maryland#183041 in 95
Massachusetts#184081 in 81
California#321,5581 in 163
New Mexico#41751 in 145
District of Columbia#42291 in 151
Texas#428981 in 202

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 2005

girls
#751
357 births · 1 in 5,176 girls
boys
#16
16,989 births · 1 in 118 boys

Top girls' names in 2005

  1. #1Emily23,952
  2. #2Emma20,362
  3. #3Madison19,578
  4. #4Abigail15,756
  5. #5Olivia15,700
  6. #6Isabella15,197
  7. #7Hannah14,854
  8. #8Samantha13,642
  9. #9Ava13,606
  10. #10Ashley13,276
  11. #751Tyler357

Top boys' names in 2005

  1. #1Jacob25,851
  2. #2Michael23,828
  3. #3Joshua23,261
  4. #4Matthew21,483
  5. #5Ethan21,318
  6. #6Andrew20,742
  7. #7Daniel20,236
  8. #8Anthony19,387
  9. #9Joseph19,241
  10. #10Christopher19,174
  11. #16Tyler16,989
More about 2005

girls

1,847,842 girls got a published name in 2005; 1 in 5,176 of them was named Tyler, which outranked 96.1% of the 19,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tyler
  1. #747Saige361
  2. #749Deja358
  3. #749Salma358
  4. #751Tyler357
  5. #752Alisa356
  6. #753Frances355
  7. #754Abigayle354
Biggest movers since 2004
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,271Mikalah#7,077 → #806
  2. ↑ 2,724Yuridia#3,689 → #965
  3. ↑ 2,236Naima#3,127 → #891
  4. ↑ 1,924Karol#2,742 → #818
  5. ↑ 1,125Karma#1,972 → #847
Fallers
  1. ↓ 397Rhea#908 → #1,305
  2. ↓ 360Laisha#789 → #1,149
  3. ↓ 334Ashtyn#956 → #1,290
  4. ↓ 285Hunter#742 → #1,027
  5. ↓ 282Angeles#973 → #1,255

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

boys

1,997,305 boys got a published name in 2005; 1 in 118 of them was named Tyler, which outranked 99.9% of the 13,370 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tyler
  1. #13Alexander18,130
  2. #14Ryan17,990
  3. #15Nicholas17,076
  4. #16Tyler16,989
  5. #17James16,140
  6. #18John15,796
  7. #19Jonathan14,443
Biggest movers since 2004
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,722Talan#4,264 → #542
  2. ↑ 1,048Carmine#1,934 → #886
  3. ↑ 727Leland#1,335 → #608
  4. ↑ 528Amare#1,159 → #631
  5. ↑ 525Braylen#1,359 → #834
Fallers
  1. ↓ 817Madison#857 → #1,674
  2. ↓ 783Andon#865 → #1,648
  3. ↓ 406Kanye#486 → #892
  4. ↓ 379Jakobe#846 → #1,225
  5. ↓ 359Koda#930 → #1,289

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

See the top 100 for 2005 →