girls:
16 births since 1999
#5700 (0th percentile)
boys:
11 births since 1998
#4575 (0th percentile)
overall:
27 births since 1998
#7712 (0th percentile)
The name Skylr is the #7,712 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 27 recorded births since 1998. This represents the 0.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,700 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 16 births since 1999. For boys, it ranks #4,575 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 11 births since 1998.
Skylr first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1998 (1998 for boys and 1999 for girls). Birth data for Skylr is available in 5 out of the 15 years between 1998 and 2012 (3 years for girls and 2 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 Skylr has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (59.3% of all recorded births). In 2012, 100.0% of babies named Skylr were girls. Interestingly, until around 2000, the name was more popular for boys (54.5% boys from 1998 to 1999), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (68.8% girls from 2000 to 2012).
For girls, Skylr reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #936) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2012.
For boys, Skylr reached its peak popularity in 1998, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #794) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1998, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2003.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Skylr".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Skylr. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 89.2% confident that Skylr is pronounced as SKAI-ler, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is skailr, at 10.8% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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