girls:
232 births since 1991
#5484 (4th percentile)
boys:
111 births since 1986
#4475 (2nd percentile)
overall:
343 births since 1986
#7396 (4th percentile)
The name Schylar is the #7,396 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 343 recorded births since 1986. This represents the 4.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,484 (4.0% percentile) for all time with 232 births since 1991. For boys, it ranks #4,475 (2.4% percentile) for all time with 111 births since 1986.
Schylar first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1986 (1986 for boys and 1991 for girls). Birth data for Schylar is available in 25 out of the 31 years between 1986 and 2016 (23 years for girls and 14 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Schylar has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (67.6% of all recorded births). In 2016, 100.0% of babies named Schylar were girls. Interestingly, until around 1991, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1986 to 1990), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (68.6% girls from 1991 to 2016).
For girls, Schylar reached its peak popularity in 1996, achieving the 1.5% percentile (ranked #846) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1996, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.5% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2016.
For boys, Schylar reached its peak popularity in 1998, achieving the 1.0% percentile (ranked #787) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1998, with 6 births per million (ranked 1.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2010.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Schylar".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Schylar. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 65.9% confident that Schylar is pronounced as SKAI-ler, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SHAI-ler, at 19.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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