Schyler
UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Schyler has been given to 1,374 babies in the U.S. since 1977. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1992, with 47 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 56% boys, 44% girls all-time.
Babies named Schyler, 2020
1 in 668,000
Schyler over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Schyler over time
In 2020, Schyler went to 0% girls and 100% boys.
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.
How common is Schyler?
Schyler had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2020, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 2020
- 1 in 668,000
- 5 of 3,342,313 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 345,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2020
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 463,344 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Schyler sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2020 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 463,344 children born in 2020 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Schyler. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Schylers were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Schyler was born before 1995 — so the typical Schyler is around 30 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1990s
- 47.8% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 49.5%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 772
- People you could plausibly meet
1990s — 47.8% of all recorded uses (369).
Is Schyler 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
- —
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 0%
- Peak was 1992 (47)
- Years since peak
- 33
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 19.6% average annual change
Spellings of Schyler
Schyler is not the most common spelling — Skyler is, with 84.3% against Schyler's 1.6%.
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 Schyler is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Schyler was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,642,327 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
- 2Illinois1 in —
- 3New York1 in —
- 4Texas1 in —
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. Schyler has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Schyler is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Schyler was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,560,694 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
- 2Florida1 in —
- 3New York1 in —
- 4Ohio1 in —
- 5Pennsylvania1 in —
- 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. Schyler has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Schyler around the world
Where Schyler 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.
- England & Wales2007–2007#5,201in 2007
- South Australia2004–2009#818in 2009
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Schyler by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Schyler
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Schyler
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.