# Schuyler (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/schuyler/  
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 and girls |
| Origin | Dutch |
| Meaning | “scholar”, “student” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈskaɪ.lɚ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Skylar, Skyler |
| US babies named this | 5,480 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,166 / 1,314 (24% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

A Dutch surname (cf. scholier) from German Schüler (“scholar, student”); brought to America by seventeenth-century Dutch immigrants. Doublet of scholar and schooler.

## 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 | 19 | 6,805 |
| 2012 | 18 | 7,095 |
| 2013 | 16 | 7,693 |
| 2014 | 17 | 7,252 |
| 2015 | 18 | 6,941 |
| 2016 | 22 | 5,954 |
| 2017 | 24 | 5,496 |
| 2018 | 14 | 8,093 |
| 2019 | 16 | 7,298 |
| 2020 | 15 | 7,514 |
| 2021 | 10 | 10,190 |
| 2022 | 6 | 15,034 |
| 2023 | 9 | 11,039 |
| 2024 | 13 | 8,357 |
| 2025 | 9 | 10,778 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 37 | 3,098 |
| 2012 | 36 | 3,161 |
| 2013 | 24 | 4,158 |
| 2014 | 15 | 5,946 |
| 2015 | 26 | 4,057 |
| 2016 | 25 | 4,180 |
| 2017 | 22 | 4,570 |
| 2018 | 16 | 5,734 |
| 2019 | 17 | 5,522 |
| 2020 | 12 | 6,973 |
| 2021 | 13 | 6,612 |
| 2022 | 9 | 8,867 |
| 2023 | 12 | 7,224 |
| 2024 | 11 | 7,673 |
| 2025 | 6 | 11,769 |

## People named Schuyler

- Schuyler Fisk, American actress, singer and songwriter
- Schuyler Enck, athletics competitor (1900–1970)
- Schuyler Carron, bobsledder (1921–1964)
- Schuyler Wheeler, American inventor of the two-blade electric fan
- Schuyler Grant, American actress
- Scorpio Sky, American professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
- Henry S. Thibodaux, American politician (1769-1827)

## 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.