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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202009peak #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 2009

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #43 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 151 boysAKMaine: #31 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 107 boysMEVermont: #21 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 80 boysVTNew Hampshire: #23 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 89 boysNHWashington: #38 for boys · 202 births · 1 in 183 boysWAIdaho: #27 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 137 boysIDMontana: #28 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 125 boysMTNorth Dakota: #31 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 115 boysNDMinnesota: #29 for boys · 200 births · 1 in 146 boysMNIllinois: #21 for boys · 529 births · 1 in 137 boysILWisconsin: #22 for boys · 228 births · 1 in 126 boysWIMichigan: #22 for boys · 368 births · 1 in 134 boysMINew York: #25 for boys · 775 births · 1 in 139 boysNYMassachusetts: #26 for boys · 292 births · 1 in 106 boysMARhode Island: #23 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 94 boysRIOregon: #36 for boys · 121 births · 1 in 160 boysORNevada: #38 for boys · 86 births · 1 in 167 boysNVWyoming: #22 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 103 boysWYSouth Dakota: #19 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 111 boysSDIowa: #24 for boys · 116 births · 1 in 136 boysIAIndiana: #28 for boys · 256 births · 1 in 146 boysINOhio: #18 for boys · 528 births · 1 in 119 boysOHPennsylvania: #21 for boys · 574 births · 1 in 108 boysPANew Jersey: #21 for boys · 398 births · 1 in 112 boysNJConnecticut: #18 for boys · 164 births · 1 in 93 boysCTCalifornia: #50 for boys · 1,024 births · 1 in 236 boysCAUtah: #25 for boys · 148 births · 1 in 155 boysUTColorado: #29 for boys · 200 births · 1 in 144 boysCONebraska: #37 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 162 boysNEMissouri: #22 for boys · 261 births · 1 in 128 boysMOKentucky: #29 for boys · 168 births · 1 in 139 boysKYWest Virginia: #16 for boys · 91 births · 1 in 94 boysWVVirginia: #30 for boys · 303 births · 1 in 139 boysVAMaryland: #24 for boys · 236 births · 1 in 122 boysMDDelaware: #19 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 84 boysDEArizona: #40 for boys · 220 births · 1 in 182 boysAZNew Mexico: #56 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 212 boysNMKansas: #45 for boys · 91 births · 1 in 184 boysKSArkansas: #28 for boys · 103 births · 1 in 146 boysARTennessee: #26 for boys · 261 births · 1 in 139 boysTNNorth Carolina: #16 for boys · 451 births · 1 in 119 boysNCSouth Carolina: #20 for boys · 187 births · 1 in 116 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #56 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 193 boysDCOklahoma: #27 for boys · 138 births · 1 in 155 boysOKLouisiana: #18 for boys · 183 births · 1 in 137 boysLAMississippi: #19 for boys · 124 births · 1 in 120 boysMSAlabama: #22 for boys · 187 births · 1 in 129 boysALGeorgia: #26 for boys · 392 births · 1 in 151 boysGAHawaii: #15 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 96 boysHITexas: #63 for boys · 648 births · 1 in 288 boysTXFlorida: #24 for boys · 691 births · 1 in 138 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Hawaii#15 · 1 in 96
  2. West Virginia#16 · 1 in 94
  3. North Carolina#16 · 1 in 119
  4. Connecticut#18 · 1 in 93
  5. Ohio#18 · 1 in 119

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#15481 in 96
North Carolina#164511 in 119
West Virginia#16911 in 94
Connecticut#181641 in 93
Louisiana#181831 in 137
Ohio#185281 in 119
Delaware#19451 in 84
Mississippi#191241 in 120
South Dakota#19371 in 111
South Carolina#201871 in 116
Illinois#215291 in 137
New Jersey#213981 in 112
Pennsylvania#215741 in 108
Vermont#21241 in 80
Alabama#221871 in 129
Michigan#223681 in 134
Missouri#222611 in 128
Wisconsin#222281 in 126
Wyoming#22201 in 103
New Hampshire#23571 in 89
Rhode Island#23451 in 94
Florida#246911 in 138
Iowa#241161 in 136
Maryland#242361 in 122
New York#257751 in 139
Utah#251481 in 155
Georgia#263921 in 151
Massachusetts#262921 in 106
Tennessee#262611 in 139
Idaho#27641 in 137
Oklahoma#271381 in 155
Arkansas#281031 in 146
Indiana#282561 in 146
Montana#28321 in 125
Colorado#292001 in 144
Kentucky#291681 in 139
Minnesota#292001 in 146
Virginia#303031 in 139
Maine#31471 in 107
North Dakota#31291 in 115
Oregon#361211 in 160
Nebraska#37641 in 162
Nevada#38861 in 167
Washington#382021 in 183
Arizona#402201 in 182
Alaska#43231 in 151
Kansas#45911 in 184
California#501,0241 in 236
District of Columbia#56221 in 193
New Mexico#56501 in 212
Texas#636481 in 288

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 2009

girls
#1,063
240 births · 1 in 7,655 girls
boys
#28
11,551 births · 1 in 172 boys

Top girls' names in 2009

  1. #1Isabella22,321
  2. #2Emma17,910
  3. #3Olivia17,444
  4. #4Sophia16,951
  5. #5Ava15,877
  6. #6Emily15,366
  7. #7Madison15,257
  8. #8Abigail14,401
  9. #9Chloe11,922
  10. #10Mia11,438
  11. #1,063Tyler240

Top boys' names in 2009

  1. #1Jacob21,204
  2. #2Ethan19,858
  3. #3Michael18,964
  4. #4Alexander18,254
  5. #5William17,937
  6. #6Joshua17,671
  7. #7Daniel17,564
  8. #8Jayden17,316
  9. #9Noah17,262
  10. #10Christopher16,368
  11. #28Tyler11,551
More about 2009

girls

1,837,114 girls got a published name in 2009; 1 in 7,655 of them was named Tyler, which outranked 94.7% of the 20,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tyler
  1. #1,059Karis241
  2. #1,059Laurel241
  3. #1,059Yamileth241
  4. #1,063Tyler240
  5. #1,063Esme240
  6. #1,063Farrah240
  7. #1,063Mae240
  8. #1,068Jamiyah239
  9. #1,068Jana239
  10. #1,068Jolene239

Tied with 4 names at #1,063; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2008
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,137Taraji#5,013 → #876
  2. ↑ 2,107Bristol#2,773 → #666
  3. ↑ 836Analia#1,167 → #331
  4. ↑ 773Harlow#1,677 → #904
  5. ↑ 610Maliah#1,405 → #795
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,450Dayami#754 → #2,204
  2. ↓ 953Mareli#723 → #1,676
  3. ↓ 773Mylie#839 → #1,612
  4. ↓ 517Marely#334 → #851
  5. ↓ 515Hillary#722 → #1,237

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

boys

1,983,573 boys got a published name in 2009; 1 in 172 of them was named Tyler, which outranked 99.8% of the 14,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tyler
  1. #25Nathan12,135
  2. #26John12,133
  3. #27Jackson12,123
  4. #28Tyler11,551
  5. #29Jonathan11,386
  6. #30Dylan11,373
  7. #31Caleb11,001
Biggest movers since 2008
Risers
  1. ↑ 951Knox#1,655 → #704
  2. ↑ 510Kellan#1,133 → #623
  3. ↑ 462Jaxen#1,329 → #867
  4. ↑ 422Bentley#936 → #514
  5. ↑ 354Archer#1,037 → #683
Fallers
  1. ↓ 493Yurem#995 → #1,488
  2. ↓ 222Cordell#786 → #1,008
  3. ↓ 212Shamar#926 → #1,138
  4. ↓ 201Trevin#797 → #998
  5. ↓ 198Glenn#865 → #1,063

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

See the top 100 for 2009 →