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Schuyler

#11,765 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Scholar, student

Schuyler has been given to 5,480 babies in the U.S. since 1880. In 2025 it ranked #11,765 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1993, with 129 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 76% boys, 24% girls all-time.

Babies named Schuyler, 2025

1 in 553,000

Schuyler over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Schuyler over time

In 2025, Schuyler went to 60% girls and 40% boys.

18802025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Schuyler: meaning, origin, and history

Scholar, student

Dutch and surname transfer

What Schuyler means

Schuyler means “scholar, student”, associated with Schüler.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

A Dutch surname (cf. scholier) from German Schüler (“scholar, student”); brought to America by seventeenth-century Dutch immigrants. Doublet of scholar and schooler.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Schuyler (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Origin, language, and formation

Schuyler is used in English. Its origins include Dutch and surname transfer.

Schuyler comes through German Schüler.

Schuyler is recorded as a surname transferred into given-name use.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Schuyler is pronounced /ˈskaɪ.lɚ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,166 boys were recorded with the name Schuyler between 1880 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 129 in 1993; its best national rank was #847 in 1982.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #6,968 in 2020 to #11,765 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,055 in 2015 to #11,765 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,314 girls were recorded with the name Schuyler between 1948 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 61 in 1999; its best national rank was #2,358 in 1998.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #7,509 in 2020 to #10,774 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #6,938 in 2015 to #10,774 in 2025.

How common is Schuyler?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 553,000
6 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 285,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#11,765
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
382,984 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Schuyler sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Schuyler. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Schuylers were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Schuyler was born before 1989 — so the typical Schuyler is around 36 today.

Median birth year
1989
About 36 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
28.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
19.3%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
3,562
People you could plausibly meet
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1990s — 28.2% of all recorded uses (1,175).

Is Schuyler rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−4,097
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−4,797
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−7,710
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.23×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
4.7%
Peak was 1993 (129)
Years since peak
32
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
23.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#847
1982

Spellings of Schuyler

Schuyler is the most-used spelling, taking 73.3% of the 5,687 babies given a near-identical spelling.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Schuyler is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Schuyler was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in 33,333 boys, against 1 in 112,703 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).

03 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New York1 in 33,333
  2. 2California1 in 50,000
  3. 3Washington1 in 50,000
  4. 4Arizona1 in 100,000
  5. 5Illinois1 in 100,000
  6. 6Indiana1 in 100,000
  7. 7Nebraska1 in 100,000
  8. 8Texas1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Schuyler has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Schuyler is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Schuyler was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 268,903 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New York1 in 100,000
  2. 2Virginia1 in 100,000
  3. 3California1 in —
  4. 4Massachusetts1 in —
  5. 5Ohio1 in —
  6. 6Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Schuyler has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Schuyler around the world

Where Schuyler ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • Canada
    1998–2012
    #2,715
    in 2012
  • South Australia
    2009–2009
    #708
    in 2009

Popularity data from Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Schuyler

People whose public names include Schuyler, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Schuyler in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Schuyler. Linked forms have their own page here.

SkylarSkyler

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Schuyler by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#11,765
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 4,797
Best rank ever
#847
1982
Peak year
1993
129 that year
First recorded
1880
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,166
Count in 2025
6

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#10,774
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 3,265
Best rank ever
#2,358
1998
Peak year
1999
61 that year
First recorded
1948
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,314
Count in 2025
9

Names similar to Schuyler

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Schuyler

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Schuyler, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Schuyler

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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