Meaning not yet researched.
Tyler: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,633 in 2025. Its best rank was #5 in 1994.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #5 in 1994; #220 in 2025. About 94% of babies named Tyler in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#220 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1994, at #5.
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Tyler: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,633 boys in 2025. Peak: #5 in 1994 · most boys in one year: 30,482 (1994).
In 2025, 1,633 US boys were named Tyler, making it the 220th most common boys’ name of the year, down 29 places from #191 in 2024. That is 282 fewer than the 1,915 boys named Tyler in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #5, reached in 1994. That year also had the most boys given the name: 30,482. For comparison, it was #81 in 2015 and #771 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Tyler in 131 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 7 babies. In all, 621,493 US babies have been given the name, 2.8% of them girls and 97% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1990s, with 270,737 babies named Tyler.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 27,802 US boys were named Tyler; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 4,515. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,046 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Tyler ranked highest in New Jersey in 2025, at #114 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Tylor (8,527 babies since 1880) and Tylar (2,984 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Teylor, Tiler and Tyeler are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Ty.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Teylor (391), Tiler (345), Tyeler (294), Teller (290), Tieler (234), Tyller (188), Tiller (61), Tyelor (51), Tilar (33), Tylere (27), Teyler (18), Teylar (16), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 7 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | 85 | #114 | #43 |
| Delaware | 9 | #124 | #73 |
| Connecticut | 28 | #136 | #56 |
| Mississippi | 24 | #137 | #48 |
| Massachusetts | 53 | #139 | #55 |
| New York | 130 | #148 | #48 |
| Pennsylvania | 82 | #159 | #65 |
| Florida | 129 | #170 | #65 |
| Rhode Island | 7 | #176 | #64 |
| Maryland | 34 | #181 | #62 |
| New Hampshire | 8 | #187 | #57 |
| Virginia | 48 | #189 | #79 |
| Montana | 7 | #197 | #63 |
| West Virginia | 10 | #197 | #86 |
| Kentucky | 28 | #202 | #91 |
| Michigan | 50 | #202 | #67 |
| Tennessee | 43 | #210 | #78 |
| North Carolina | 57 | #221 | #81 |
| Illinois | 54 | #223 | #72 |
| Georgia | 55 | #226 | #65 |
| Ohio | 57 | #229 | #90 |
| New Mexico | 9 | #232 | #88 |
| Maine | 6 | #233 | #93 |
| Alabama | 24 | #236 | #74 |
| Louisiana | 22 | #238 | #113 |
| South Carolina | 24 | #242 | #69 |
| Iowa | 17 | #244 | #137 |
| Idaho | 11 | #253 | #81 |
| Missouri | 28 | #260 | #75 |
| Wisconsin | 23 | #260 | #109 |
| Oklahoma | 19 | #263 | #98 |
| Kansas | 15 | #264 | #88 |
| Nevada | 12 | #266 | #93 |
| Arkansas | 14 | #269 | #99 |
| Texas | 141 | #279 | #125 |
| Utah | 18 | #287 | #83 |
| Indiana | 27 | #301 | #80 |
| Minnesota | 20 | #312 | #109 |
| Colorado | 20 | #326 | #75 |
| California | 111 | #328 | #105 |
| Oregon | 12 | #348 | #124 |
| Nebraska | 6 | #428 | #162 |
| Arizona | 18 | #430 | #110 |
| Washington | 17 | #443 | #102 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 101 | #1,924 | 1,633 | #220 |
| 2024 | 132 | #1,596 | 1,915 | #191 |
| 2023 | 129 | #1,626 | 2,073 | #177 |
| 2022 | 133 | #1,599 | 2,268 | #163 |
| 2021 | 147 | #1,468 | 2,444 | #157 |
| 2020 | 142 | #1,509 | 2,801 | #130 |
| 2019 | 150 | #1,473 | 3,024 | #127 |
| 2018 | 164 | #1,377 | 3,341 | #119 |
| 2017 | 178 | #1,316 | 3,788 | #105 |
| 2016 | 191 | #1,274 | 4,515 | #91 |
| 2015 | 202 | #1,226 | 5,175 | #81 |
| 2014 | 170 | #1,370 | 5,851 | #72 |
| 2013 | 173 | #1,349 | 6,660 | #63 |
| 2012 | 176 | #1,339 | 7,706 | #50 |
| 2011 | 182 | #1,300 | 8,851 | #38 |
| 2010 | 197 | #1,229 | 10,458 | #34 |
| 2009 | 240 | #1,067 | 11,551 | #28 |
| 2008 | 260 | #1,015 | 12,709 | #28 |
| 2007 | 320 | #874 | 14,106 | #21 |
| 2006 | 380 | #737 | 15,550 | #18 |
| 2005 | 357 | #751 | 16,989 | #16 |
| 2004 | 491 | #577 | 17,450 | #16 |
| 2003 | 456 | #599 | 18,185 | #15 |
| 2002 | 523 | #526 | 18,266 | #14 |
| 2001 | 569 | #491 | 19,275 | #13 |
| 2000 | 683 | #416 | 21,506 | #10 |
| 1999 | 788 | #371 | 22,669 | #10 |
| 1998 | 810 | #355 | 23,712 | #8 |
| 1997 | 760 | #364 | 24,879 | #10 |
| 1996 | 849 | #333 | 26,956 | #7 |
| 1995 | 917 | #303 | 29,161 | #6 |
| 1994 | 1,054 | #266 | 30,482 | #5 |
| 1993 | 1,182 | #238 | 29,800 | #5 |
| 1992 | 978 | #282 | 28,806 | #8 |
| 1991 | 634 | #405 | 25,209 | #16 |
| 1990 | 445 | #535 | 20,646 | #21 |
| 1989 | 272 | #728 | 15,594 | #30 |
| 1988 | 263 | #714 | 13,349 | #33 |
| 1987 | 252 | #720 | 11,542 | #39 |
| 1986 | 199 | #840 | 10,912 | #40 |
| 1985 | 195 | #837 | 10,211 | #43 |
| 1984 | 190 | #830 | 8,705 | #47 |
| 1983 | 132 | #1,059 | 5,821 | #57 |
| 1982 | 135 | #1,068 | 4,577 | #66 |
| 1981 | 89 | #1,394 | 3,117 | #96 |
| 1980 | 60 | #1,830 | 2,623 | #114 |
| 1979 | 59 | #1,830 | 2,044 | #131 |
| 1978 | 54 | #1,860 | 1,752 | #150 |
| 1977 | 40 | #2,304 | 1,452 | #165 |
| 1976 | 41 | #2,131 | 1,260 | #179 |
| 1975 | 38 | #2,229 | 1,056 | #205 |
| 1974 | 27 | #2,754 | 922 | #228 |
| 1973 | 21 | #3,228 | 748 | #261 |
| 1972 | 15 | #4,083 | 832 | #250 |
| 1971 | 20 | #3,368 | 721 | #287 |
| 1970 | 24 | #2,934 | 749 | #283 |
| 1969 | 20 | #3,099 | 490 | #357 |
| 1968 | 15 | #3,604 | 435 | #372 |
| 1967 | 15 | #3,474 | 420 | #366 |
| 1966 | 11 | #4,181 | 330 | #419 |
| 1965 | 11 | #4,191 | 297 | #451 |
| 1964 | 15 | #3,504 | 309 | #454 |
| 1963 | 8 | #5,269 | 282 | #471 |
| 1962 | 5 | #7,517 | 231 | #523 |
| 1961 | — | — | 197 | #560 |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,665 | 177 | #586 |
| 1959 | 5 | #7,146 | 145 | #641 |
| 1958 | — | — | 145 | #640 |
| 1957 | 7 | #5,338 | 141 | #649 |
| 1956 | 5 | #6,836 | 133 | #658 |
| 1955 | — | — | 117 | #678 |
| 1954 | — | — | 117 | #668 |
| 1953 | — | — | 101 | #711 |
| 1952 | 5 | #6,335 | 83 | #774 |
| 1951 | — | — | 71 | #837 |
| 1950 | — | — | 79 | #771 |
| 1949 | — | — | 71 | #816 |
| 1948 | — | — | 68 | #830 |
| 1947 | — | — | 67 | #852 |
| 1946 | — | — | 52 | #933 |
| 1945 | — | — | 42 | #992 |
| 1944 | — | — | 43 | #1,002 |
| 1943 | — | — | 39 | #1,102 |
| 1942 | — | — | 34 | #1,211 |
| 1941 | — | — | 41 | #1,017 |
| 1940 | — | — | 35 | #1,132 |
| 1939 | — | — | 39 | #1,030 |
| 1938 | — | — | 33 | #1,147 |
| 1937 | — | — | 19 | #1,626 |
| 1936 | — | — | 12 | #2,174 |
| 1935 | — | — | 26 | #1,351 |
| 1934 | — | — | 15 | #1,925 |
| 1933 | — | — | 17 | #1,766 |
| 1932 | — | — | 24 | #1,462 |
| 1931 | — | — | 21 | #1,586 |
| 1930 | — | — | 28 | #1,397 |
| 1929 | — | — | 19 | #1,789 |
| 1928 | 5 | #5,370 | 29 | #1,379 |
| 1927 | — | — | 27 | #1,464 |
| 1926 | — | — | 21 | #1,714 |
| 1925 | — | — | 22 | #1,674 |
| 1924 | — | — | 22 | #1,720 |
| 1923 | — | — | 24 | #1,586 |
| 1922 | — | — | 35 | #1,241 |
| 1921 | — | — | 25 | #1,543 |
| 1920 | — | — | 30 | #1,346 |
| 1919 | — | — | 31 | #1,293 |
| 1918 | — | — | 27 | #1,400 |
| 1917 | — | — | 26 | #1,391 |
| 1916 | — | — | 27 | #1,331 |
| 1915 | — | — | 22 | #1,501 |
| 1914 | — | — | 15 | #1,678 |
| 1913 | — | — | 13 | #1,574 |
| 1912 | — | — | 21 | #1,020 |
| 1911 | — | — | 13 | #973 |
| 1910 | — | — | 8 | #1,303 |
| 1908 | — | — | 7 | #1,206 |
| 1907 | — | — | 5 | #1,531 |
| 1905 | — | — | 6 | #1,222 |
| 1904 | — | — | 5 | #1,386 |
| 1903 | — | — | 6 | #1,121 |
| 1900 | — | — | 11 | #834 |
| 1899 | — | — | 5 | #1,193 |
| 1898 | — | — | 5 | #1,279 |
| 1896 | — | — | 6 | #1,095 |
| 1895 | — | — | 5 | #1,227 |
| 1892 | — | — | 5 | #1,245 |
| 1889 | — | — | 7 | #873 |
| 1888 | — | — | 5 | #1,171 |
| 1884 | — | — | 5 | #1,114 |
| 1880 | — | — | 7 | #802 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).