# Tyler (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/tyler/  
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 | English |
| Meaning | “tiler” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈtaɪ.lɚ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Ty |
| Variant spellings | Tylor, Tiler, Tylar |
| US babies named this | 621,493 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 603,970 / 17,523 (3% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 44,061, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Middle English Tyler, Tylere, Tygler, Tygheler, Tyghelere, Tyghelare, Tygelere, from Middle English tiler, tylere, tylare, tylier (“tiler”).

## 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 | 182 | 1,300 |
| 2012 | 176 | 1,339 |
| 2013 | 173 | 1,349 |
| 2014 | 170 | 1,370 |
| 2015 | 202 | 1,226 |
| 2016 | 191 | 1,274 |
| 2017 | 178 | 1,316 |
| 2018 | 164 | 1,377 |
| 2019 | 150 | 1,473 |
| 2020 | 142 | 1,509 |
| 2021 | 147 | 1,468 |
| 2022 | 133 | 1,599 |
| 2023 | 129 | 1,626 |
| 2024 | 132 | 1,596 |
| 2025 | 101 | 1,924 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 8,851 | 38 |
| 2012 | 7,706 | 50 |
| 2013 | 6,660 | 63 |
| 2014 | 5,851 | 72 |
| 2015 | 5,175 | 81 |
| 2016 | 4,515 | 91 |
| 2017 | 3,788 | 105 |
| 2018 | 3,341 | 119 |
| 2019 | 3,024 | 127 |
| 2020 | 2,801 | 130 |
| 2021 | 2,444 | 157 |
| 2022 | 2,268 | 163 |
| 2023 | 2,073 | 177 |
| 2024 | 1,915 | 191 |
| 2025 | 1,633 | 220 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 49 | 649 |
| 2007 | 48 | 706 |
| 2008 | 46 | 753 |
| 2009 | 34 | 958 |
| 2010 | 19 | 1,520 |
| 2011 | 17 | 1,665 |
| 2012 | 10 | 2,521 |
| 2013 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2014 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4,063 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,518 |
| 2019 | 5 | 4,001 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2,520 | 31 |
| 2012 | 3,125 | 21 |
| 2013 | 2,021 | 37 |
| 2014 | 1,235 | 47 |
| 2015 | 948 | 70 |
| 2016 | 863 | 78 |
| 2017 | 677 | 95 |
| 2018 | 595 | 108 |
| 2019 | 474 | 119 |
| 2020 | 397 | 139 |
| 2021 | 358 | 155 |
| 2022 | 288 | 175 |
| 2023 | 235 | 208 |
| 2024 | 233 | 213 |
| 2025 | 171 | 265 |

## People named Tyler

- Mary Tyler Moore, American actress and television producer (1936-2017)
- Tyler Perry, American actor and filmmaker (born 1969)
- Tyler Posey, American actor, musician (b. 1991)
- Tyler Hoechlin, American actor
- Tyler Adams, American soccer player (born 1999)
- Jesse Tyler Ferguson, American actor
- Tyler Joseph, American singer, rapper and record producer
- Tyler Blackett, English footballer (born 1994)
- Tyler Blackburn, American actor, singer and model
- Tyler James Williams, American actor and rapper
- Tyler Alvarez, American actor
- Tyler Farrar, American road bicycle racer

## 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.