Skylar
Rank in 2025
#167
recorded as girls
#1529
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
1,931
girls 1,818 · boys 113
Peak year
2015
5,295 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
105,716
since 1959
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Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Skylar was most popular in 2015, when 5,295 babies recorded as girls got the name (3.0 per 1,000). In 2025, 1,818 babies were named Skylar, ranking #167 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 44%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,818 | 167 | 113 | 1529 |
| 2024 | 2,195 | 134 | 113 | 1551 |
| 2023 | 2,538 | 107 | 150 | 1283 |
| 2022 | 2,894 | 87 | 159 | 1237 |
| 2021 | 3,346 | 74 | 154 | 1240 |
| 2020 | 3,645 | 64 | 162 | 1189 |
| 2019 | 4,054 | 56 | 213 | 991 |
| 2018 | 4,411 | 49 | 233 | 920 |
| 2017 | 4,736 | 48 | 282 | 807 |
| 2016 | 5,137 | 42 | 321 | 757 |
| 2015 | 5,295 | 42 | 358 | 703 |
| 2014 | 4,779 | 48 | 414 | 633 |
| 2013 | 3,790 | 73 | 490 | 543 |
| 2012 | 3,349 | 87 | 457 | 565 |
| 2011 | 2,162 | 145 | 481 | 526 |
| 2010 | 1,723 | 180 | 493 | 525 |
| 2009 | 1,776 | 184 | 547 | 498 |
| 2008 | 1,750 | 192 | 532 | 512 |
| 2007 | 2,060 | 171 | 564 | 476 |
| 2006 | 2,352 | 145 | 632 | 434 |
| 2005 | 2,241 | 154 | 563 | 453 |
| 2004 | 2,176 | 154 | 537 | 469 |
| 2003 | 2,305 | 144 | 632 | 408 |
| 2002 | 2,391 | 141 | 680 | 382 |
| 2001 | 2,344 | 141 | 734 | 361 |
| 2000 | 2,503 | 135 | 748 | 356 |
| 1999 | 2,513 | 131 | 695 | 373 |
| 1998 | 1,731 | 173 | 730 | 358 |
| 1997 | 953 | 302 | 657 | 372 |
| 1996 | 855 | 328 | 636 | 372 |
| 1995 | 685 | 386 | 561 | 407 |
| 1994 | 621 | 403 | 585 | 398 |
| 1993 | 547 | 456 | 574 | 403 |
| 1992 | 413 | 566 | 469 | 462 |
| 1991 | 364 | 619 | 415 | 486 |
| 1990 | 419 | 560 | 448 | 466 |
| 1989 | 128 | 1239 | 296 | 563 |
| 1988 | 117 | 1255 | 229 | 624 |
| 1987 | 106 | 1302 | 245 | 581 |
| 1986 | 61 | 1838 | 171 | 694 |
| 1985 | 30 | 3008 | 175 | 670 |
| 1984 | 20 | 3874 | 146 | 721 |
| 1983 | 14 | 4884 | 96 | 895 |
| 1982 | 14 | 4945 | 103 | 876 |
| 1981 | 15 | 4746 | 89 | 954 |
| 1980 | 11 | 5912 | 26 | 2058 |
| 1979 | 13 | 5092 | 35 | 1633 |
| 1978 | 7 | 7649 | 16 | 2669 |
| 1977 | 11 | 5532 | 20 | 2270 |
| 1976 | 10 | 5601 | 10 | 3471 |
| 1975 | 8 | 6484 | 10 | 3428 |
| 1974 | 6 | 7680 | 8 | 3837 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 9 | 3445 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1971 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 8 | 3521 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 5 | 4136 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | 7 | 3231 |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 5 | 3948 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1964 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 5 | 4048 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 8 | 3041 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 10 | 2706 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 10 | 2663 |
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Names like Skylar
Names whose popularity rose and fell over the same years.
Where Skylar is most popular
- Mississippi2.5×
- Delaware2.2×
- District of Columbia2.1×
- South Carolina1.9×
- Alabama1.7×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 83% · boys 17% across all years