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Tylar

#11,873 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Variant of Tyler

Tylar has been given to 2,984 babies in the U.S. since 1980. In 2025 it ranked #11,873 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1997, with 107 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 55% boys, 45% girls all-time.

Babies named Tylar, 2025

1 in 553,000

Tylar 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Tylar over time

In 2025, Tylar went to 45% girls and 55% boys.

19802025

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.

Tylar: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Tyler

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Tylar means

Tylar is a variant of Tyler.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Tylar is used in English (Rare).

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈtaɪ.ləɹ/ and /ˈtaɪ.lə/ for Tylar.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Tylar → Tyler. The family’s meaning is “tiler”, recorded in English with the source elements tylier.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Tyler.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,633 boys were recorded with the name Tylar between 1980 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 107 in 1997; its best national rank was #1,150 in 1997.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #5,678 in 2020 to #11,873 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,690 in 2015 to #11,873 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,351 girls were recorded with the name Tylar between 1985 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 73 in 1993; its best national rank was #1,937 in 1993.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #5,150 in 2020 to #17,078 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,713 in 2015 to #17,078 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Tylar?

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
#11,873
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
382,984 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Tylar 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 Tylar. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Tylars were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Tylar was born before 1999 — so the typical Tylar is around 26 today.

Median birth year
1999
About 26 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
45.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
44.0%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
1,633
People you could plausibly meet
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1990s — 45.7% of all recorded uses (747).

Is Tylar 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
+2,209
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−6,195
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−7,183
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.29×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
5.6%
Peak was 1997 (107)
Years since peak
28
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
17.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,150
1997

Spellings of Tylar

Tylar is not the most common spelling — Tyler is, with 46.7% against Tylar's 0.13%.

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 Tylar is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Tylar was most concentrated in Missouri — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 359,133 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Missouri1 in 100,000
  2. 2Ohio1 in 100,000
  3. 3Alabama1 in —
  4. 4Arizona1 in —
  5. 5California1 in —
  6. 6Florida1 in —
  7. 7Georgia1 in —
  8. 8Illinois1 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. Tylar has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Tylar is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Tylar was most concentrated in Louisiana — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 411,542 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Louisiana1 in 100,000
  2. 2Texas1 in 100,000
  3. 3Utah1 in 100,000
  4. 4California1 in —
  5. 5Colorado1 in —
  6. 6Georgia1 in —
  7. 7Illinois1 in —
  8. 8Michigan1 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. Tylar has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Tylar around the world

Where Tylar 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 & Wales
    1996–2021
    #4,789
    in 2021
  • Scotland
    2006–2014
    #680
    in 2014
  • Ireland
    2012–2012
    #718
    in 2012
  • Canada
    1991–2012
    #2,715
    in 2012
  • South Australia
    1985–2013
    #754
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Tylar by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#11,873
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 6,195
Best rank ever
#1,150
1997
Peak year
1997
107 that year
First recorded
1980
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,633
Count in 2025
6

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#17,078
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 11,928
Best rank ever
#1,937
1993
Peak year
1993
73 that year
First recorded
1985
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,351
Count in 2025
5

Names similar to Tylar

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

TylenTylonTylinTylanTyleeKylarTylorSylarTylikTylynTylandTylilSalarPilarTylynnTyleekTylekSolarTyloZylarTylannSkylarTyllerTyliek

Sibling names for Tylar

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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