girls:
26.8k births since 1975
#872 (85th percentile)
boys:
41.2k births since 1954
#556 (88th percentile)
overall:
68k births since 1954
#885 (89th percentile)
The name Skyler is the #885 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 67,981 recorded births since 1954. This represents the 88.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 88.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #556 (87.9% percentile) for all time with 41,168 births since 1954. For girls, it ranks #872 (84.8% percentile) for all time with 26,813 births since 1975.
Skyler first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1954 (1954 for boys and 1975 for girls). Birth data for Skyler is available in 67 out of the 70 years between 1954 and 2023 (67 years for boys and 48 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 Skyler has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (60.6% of all recorded births). In 2023, 43.5% of babies named Skyler were boys. Interestingly, until around 2017, the name was more popular for boys (62.9% boys from 1954 to 2016), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (56.8% girls from 2017 to 2023).
For boys, Skyler reached its peak popularity in 2005, achieving the 73.2% percentile (ranked #235) with 660 births per million. The name was most common in 2002, with 754 births per million (ranked 73.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2012, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Skyler ranks #577 for boys (36.7% percentile) with 199 births per million, which is 26.4% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Skyler reached its peak popularity in 2000, achieving the 73.4% percentile (ranked #239) with 643 births per million. The name was most common in 2000, with 643 births per million (ranked 73.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2016, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Skyler ranks #524 for girls (44.7% percentile) with 272 births per million, which is 42.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Skyler".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Skyler is pronounced as SKAI-ler, which has 2 syllables.
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