girls:
602 births since 1985
#5114 (11th percentile)
boys:
773 births since 1977
#3814 (17th percentile)
overall:
1.4k births since 1977
#6368 (18th percentile)
The name Schyler is the #6,368 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,375 recorded births since 1977. This represents the 17.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 17.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,814 (16.8% percentile) for all time with 773 births since 1977. For girls, it ranks #5,114 (10.5% percentile) for all time with 602 births since 1985.
Schyler first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1977 (1977 for boys and 1985 for girls). Birth data for Schyler is available in 40 out of the 44 years between 1977 and 2020 (40 years for boys and 29 years for girls). 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 Schyler has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (56.2% of all recorded births). In 2020, 100.0% of babies named Schyler were boys.
For boys, Schyler reached its peak popularity in 1993, achieving the 5.5% percentile (ranked #727) with 23 births per million. The name was most common in 1995, with 23 births per million (ranked 5.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2020.
For girls, Schyler reached its peak popularity in 1996, achieving the 7.1% percentile (ranked #798) with 34 births per million. The name was most common in 1996, with 34 births per million (ranked 7.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2016.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Schyler".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Schyler. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 75.0% confident that Schyler is pronounced as SKAI-ler, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SHAI-ler, at 25.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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