Skylar

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Primarily a girl's name · Unisex โ€” 73% girls / 27% boys

Meaning

Skyler or Skylar is a unisex given name, an Anglicized spelling of the surname and given name Schuyler. Schuyler was introduced into America as a surname by 17th-century Dutch settlers arriving in New York.

From Wikipedia

Skylar first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2014 with 200 babies (rank #163 that year). In 2024 it was given to 119 girls (rank #244). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Skylar

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Skylar yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

4,948
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
200
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
199130#727
199228#771
199339#617
199440#555
199541#590
199662#434
199757#455
199890#313
1999105#265
200096#294
200186#325
200290#313
200395#312
200485#347
200598#302
200699#318
200797#324
200884#377
200973#422
201083#387
201189#363
2012145#224
2013185#173
2014200#163
2015196#152
2016177#176
2017154#196
2018154#191
2019152#185
2020149#188
2021168#170
2022131#216
2023111#260
2024119#244