# Kyler (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kyler/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “archer”, “wild boar” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Kylar |
| US babies named this | 41,378 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 38,973 / 2,405 (6% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 167, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

An American anglicization of Dutch Cuyler "archer" and German Keiler "wild boar". * The surname is quite rare. The given name may be a recent coinage based on Kyle and Tyler.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 84 | 2,248 |
| 2012 | 78 | 2,390 |
| 2013 | 75 | 2,424 |
| 2014 | 95 | 2,063 |
| 2015 | 94 | 2,082 |
| 2016 | 80 | 2,355 |
| 2017 | 86 | 2,210 |
| 2018 | 71 | 2,494 |
| 2019 | 117 | 1,757 |
| 2020 | 79 | 2,269 |
| 2021 | 102 | 1,935 |
| 2022 | 86 | 2,201 |
| 2023 | 69 | 2,573 |
| 2024 | 56 | 2,959 |
| 2025 | 43 | 3,553 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,371 | 252 |
| 2012 | 1,329 | 266 |
| 2013 | 1,270 | 276 |
| 2014 | 1,231 | 288 |
| 2015 | 1,294 | 285 |
| 2016 | 1,192 | 299 |
| 2017 | 1,073 | 319 |
| 2018 | 1,138 | 303 |
| 2019 | 1,611 | 236 |
| 2020 | 1,466 | 244 |
| 2021 | 1,470 | 242 |
| 2022 | 1,365 | 252 |
| 2023 | 1,035 | 322 |
| 2024 | 946 | 357 |
| 2025 | 790 | 404 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 5 | 2,683 |
| 1997 | 3 | 3,824 |
| 1999 | 5 | 2,770 |
| 2002 | 3 | 4,137 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4,524 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,763 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6 | 2,941 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,458 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3,315 |
| 2014 | 7 | 2,690 |
| 2015 | 7 | 2,707 |
| 2016 | 7 | 2,804 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,512 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,266 |
| 2020 | 12 | 1,825 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,301 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2,325 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,254 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2,952 |

## People named Kyler

- Kyler Murray, American football and baseball player (born 1997)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.