Skylar
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Skylar
Skylar is a name with a hint of both edginess and whimsy and it makes for a nature-inspired choice that is neither too wordy nor too floral. Popular since the 90s, Skylar has remained in the US Top 100 for over a decade and is the most popular spelling of the name for girls.
Skylar for girls#167 US
Derived for the Dutch surname "Schuyler" meaning "Scholar", this 80s spelling variant likely emerged by combining the sounds and letters of Tyler with the vibes of word- and nature-inspired choices, like Crystal and Heather.
Skylar is then left feeling somewhere between All-American preppy and mainstream trendy, with an academic meaning, but a spelling and sound that seem like a modern invention.
Entering the US Top 1000 back in the 1980s, Skylar was briefly more popular for boys, however, after it was used in the American soap Opera The Young and Restless in 1989, it rose rapidly in the ranks for girls.
The movie Good Will Hunting gave it another boost up the girls’ charts in 1997, and the character Skyler White from hit TV series Breaking Bad gave it the final push into the Top 100 in 2012. A name with numerous spellings, Skylar is the most popular choice and the one used nearly exclusively on girls. Skyler by contrast ranks in the #500s and remains more (statistically) unisex, while the rarer Schuyler is given only to a small handful of girls and boys each year.
The name has seen increased usage in the UK recently and has made New Zealand Top 100, however, in the US, it has been on a downward trend since it peaked in 2015. Still given to 2500 baby girls every year, it may just find itself neglected in favor of rising stars like Lyla, Juniper, Kaia, and Myla.
Skylar for boys#1537 US
This Americanized spelling of the Dutch name is now used nearly exclusively for girls in the US.
While the Skyler variant remains more statistically unisex, the original Dutch spelling, Schuyler, is currently used so rarely that it could go either way, and fits right in with the surnames-as-first-names trend for boys.
Pronounced SKY-lar.
As of October 2026, Skylar ranked #167 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #42 in 2015, Nameberry popularity #501.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #48 | 4,778 | #634 | 414 |
| 2015 | #42 | 5,294 | #704 | 358 |
| 2016 | #42 | 5,134 | #758 | 321 |
| 2017 | #48 | 4,736 | #808 | 282 |
| 2018 | #49 | 4,407 | #921 | 232 |
| 2019 | #56 | 4,049 | #992 | 213 |
| 2020 | #64 | 3,640 | #1,192 | 162 |
| 2021 | #74 | 3,346 | #1,250 | 153 |
| 2022 | #87 | 2,892 | #1,243 | 159 |
| 2023 | #107 | 2,537 | #1,285 | 149 |
| 2024 | #134 | 2,186 | #1,550 | 113 |
| 2025 | #167 | 1,818 | #1,537 | 113 |
World rankings
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