Skylr
The Story of Skylr
As a girl name
Skylr first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1999, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2012: 6 births, good for #14,962 nationwide. About 38% of every Skylr on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Skylr last appeared in the published SSA data in 2012, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 16 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Skylr first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1998, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1998: 6 births, good for #8,479 nationwide. About 55% of every Skylr on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Skylr last appeared in the published SSA data in 2003, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 11 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Skylr
Skylr is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1999 and has accumulated 16 births in the dataset. Skylr's peak popularity came in 2012 when it ranked #14,962. Use the chart and map above to compare Skylr'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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