Skylar
Skyler or Skylar is a unisex given name, an Anglicized spelling of the surname and given name Schuyler.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Skylar
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Skyler or Skylar is a unisex given name, an Anglicized spelling of the surname and given name Schuyler.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Skylar
As a girl name
American parents first put Skylar on the record books as a girl name in 1974, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2015, when 5,294 Skylars were born — ranking #42 that year. The 2010s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 44% of all recorded Skylars. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #158 among girl names with 1,880 births, falling sharply (-43%). In total, more than 90K Skylars have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
As a boy name
Skylar first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1959, with 10 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2000: 748 births, good for #356 nationwide. The 2000s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 34% of all recorded Skylars. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #1,539 among boy names with 115 births, falling sharply (-37%). In total, more than 18K Skylars have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1950s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Skylar
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Names that sound like Skylar
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About the name Skylar
Skylar is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1974 and has accumulated 90K births in the dataset. Skylar's peak popularity came in 2015 when it ranked #42. Use the chart and map above to compare Skylar's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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