# Skyler (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/skyler/  
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 | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈskaɪ.lɚ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Skylar |
| US babies named this | 69,539 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 41,841 / 27,698 (40% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,400, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Pronunciation spelling of Schuyler used since the 1980s.

## 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 | 656 | 456 |
| 2012 | 839 | 372 |
| 2013 | 874 | 362 |
| 2014 | 1,084 | 300 |
| 2015 | 1,126 | 283 |
| 2016 | 915 | 359 |
| 2017 | 817 | 382 |
| 2018 | 770 | 403 |
| 2019 | 715 | 439 |
| 2020 | 667 | 463 |
| 2021 | 554 | 553 |
| 2022 | 570 | 542 |
| 2023 | 479 | 623 |
| 2024 | 445 | 660 |
| 2025 | 422 | 671 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,223 | 288 |
| 2012 | 1,230 | 288 |
| 2013 | 1,125 | 306 |
| 2014 | 924 | 351 |
| 2015 | 914 | 360 |
| 2016 | 771 | 414 |
| 2017 | 656 | 463 |
| 2018 | 603 | 486 |
| 2019 | 567 | 506 |
| 2020 | 493 | 568 |
| 2021 | 387 | 687 |
| 2022 | 407 | 672 |
| 2023 | 366 | 729 |
| 2024 | 335 | 760 |
| 2025 | 325 | 783 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 24 | 1,295 |
| 2012 | 46 | 825 |
| 2013 | 72 | 569 |
| 2014 | 106 | 406 |
| 2015 | 125 | 366 |
| 2016 | 105 | 423 |
| 2017 | 109 | 403 |
| 2018 | 94 | 458 |
| 2019 | 95 | 443 |
| 2020 | 61 | 624 |
| 2021 | 75 | 537 |
| 2022 | 63 | 606 |
| 2023 | 48 | 742 |
| 2024 | 39 | 918 |
| 2025 | 38 | 922 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 8 | 2,390 |
| 2012 | 10 | 2,117 |
| 2013 | 11 | 1,920 |
| 2014 | 13 | 1,721 |
| 2015 | 12 | 1,902 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,556 |
| 2017 | 11 | 2,052 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,445 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,266 |
| 2020 | 10 | 2,076 |
| 2021 | 7 | 2,730 |
| 2022 | 16 | 1,534 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,546 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,443 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2,269 |

## People named Skyler

- Skyler Samuels, American actress
- Skyler Gisondo, American actor
- Skyler Shaye, American actress
- Skyler Day, American actress and singer
- Skyler Page, American animator
- Skyler Bowlin, American basketball player (born 1989)
- Sky Blu, American singer and rapper

## 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.