NameTides

Skylar

Skylar was the #167 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,818 babies), and #312 in England & Wales and #303 in Canada.

Skylar as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Skylar as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020USIrelandCanadaScotlandEngland & WalesNorthern Ireland
Skylar as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#167 (1,818)#312 (139)#284 (12)#334 (4)#266 (16)#303 (103)
2024#134 (2,195)#256 (190)#215 (17)#288 (5)#441 (8)#244 (120)
2023#107 (2,538)#216 (219)#250 (15)#328 (4)#364 (10)#249 (115)
2022#87 (2,894)#174 (293)#116 (36)#266 (6)#222 (20)#216 (132)
2021#74 (3,346)#159 (325)#160 (27)#237 (7)#284 (15)#171 (170)
2020#64 (3,645)#162 (312)#178 (22)#281 (5)#315 (13)#190 (150)
2019#56 (4,054)#165 (307)#164 (27)#263 (6)#271 (17)#178 (157)
2018#49 (4,411)#151 (345)#213 (20)#171 (12)#244 (19)#189 (156)
2017#48 (4,736)#177 (304)#191 (23)#355 (4)#430 (9)#193 (156)
2016#42 (5,137)#196 (278)#185 (26)#306 (5)#316 (14)#180 (177)
2015#42 (5,295)#207 (258)#227 (18)#312 (5)#291 (17)#153 (197)
2014#48 (4,779)#212 (247)#246 (18)#365 (4)#373 (12)#165 (200)
2013#73 (3,790)#276 (171)#302 (13)——#175 (186)
2012#87 (3,349)#376 (125)#351 (11)#383 (4)#560 (7)#232 (144)
2011#145 (2,162)#534 (78)#810 (3)——#371 (88)

Skylar as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Skylar as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Skylar as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,529 (113)#3,684 (5)#1,565 (14)
2024#1,551 (113)—#1,432 (15)
2023#1,283 (150)—#1,043 (22)
2022#1,237 (159)—#1,653 (11)
2021#1,240 (154)#3,990 (4)#1,277 (16)
2020#1,189 (162)#4,608 (3)#1,708 (10)
2019#991 (213)—#1,152 (18)
2018#920 (233)—#964 (23)
2017#807 (282)#4,812 (3)#908 (25)
2016#757 (321)#3,478 (5)#757 (33)
2015#703 (358)#3,908 (4)#923 (24)
2014#633 (414)#3,362 (5)#806 (29)
2013#543 (490)#3,315 (5)#809 (29)
2012#565 (457)—#675 (36)
2011#526 (481)—#557 (46)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2015 at #42.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1974.
  • In 2025, 94% of US babies named Skylar were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 880 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 880common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
USBoys2025about 1 in 15,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 56,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 11,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Skylar is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 960 to 1 in 1,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Skylar by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #145WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #90NHWashington: #207WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: #208MTNorth Dakota: #162NDMinnesota: #193MNIllinois: #124ILMichigan: #164MINew York: #148NYMassachusetts: #196MAOregon: #259ORNevada: #264NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #199IAIndiana: #187INOhio: #170OHPennsylvania: #130PANew Jersey: #102NJConnecticut: #150CTRhode Island: #150RICalifornia: #254CAUtah: #275UTColorado: #172CONebraska: #200NEMissouri: #221MOKentucky: #185KYWest Virginia: #93WVVirginia: #121VAMaryland: #84MDDelaware: #115DEArizona: #219AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #404KSArkansas: #231ARTennessee: #135TNNorth Carolina: #110NCSouth Carolina: #156SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #272OKLouisiana: #134LAMississippi: #70MSAlabama: #101ALGeorgia: #86GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #222TXFlorida: #145FL
Skylar (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#20059
Quebec2025#6696

Skylar (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SkylarCanadaGirls#303103
SkylarCanadaBoys#1,56514
SkylarEngland & WalesGirls#312139
SkylarEngland & WalesBoys#3,6845
SkylarIrelandGirls#26616
SkylarNorthern IrelandGirls#3344
SkylarNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
SkylarScotlandGirls#28412
SkylarUSGirls#1671,818
SkylarUSBoys#1,529113