Skylar Girl
How popular is Skylar?
#167 girl name in 2025
1,818 baby girls were named Skylar in the US in 2025, making it the 167th most popular girl name. Another 113 boys got the name (#1,529 for boys).
Skylar popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #167 for girls (▼ 33 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,818 girls, 113 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-66% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #42 in 2015, #64 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2015 (5,295 girls) |
| Highest rank | #42 in 2015 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1974 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 5% boys, 95% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Skylar counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Skylar family of names ranked #149 for girls in 2025 (#127 the year before), with 2,249 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Skylar | 1,818 | 81% |
| Skyler | 422 | 19% |
| Skilar | 9 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Skylar is most popular
Babies named Skylar per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 5.0 per 1,000 (234 girls)
- Delaware: 4.6 per 1,000 (52 girls)
- District of Columbia: 4.6 per 1,000 (54 girls)
- Alabama: 3.3 per 1,000 (307 girls)
- West Virginia: 3.2 per 1,000 (84 girls)
Skylar by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 55 | #5,091 |
| 1980s | 516 | #1,236 |
| 1990s | 9,101 | #131 |
| 2000s | 21,898 | #135 |
| 2010s | 39,436 | #42 |
| 2020s | 16,436 | #64 |
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Questions
- Is Skylar a boy or girl name?
- Skylar is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 95% of babies named Skylar were girls.
- How popular is the name Skylar?
- 1,818 baby girls were named Skylar in the US in 2025, making it the 167th most popular girl name. Another 113 boys got the name (#1,529 for boys).
- When was Skylar most popular?
- Skylar peaked in 2015, when 5,295 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #42, held for 2 years starting in 2015.
- How many people are named Skylar?
- 105,716 babies have been named Skylar in the US since 1880. We estimate about 104,694 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 14.
- Where is Skylar most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Skylar was most common in Mississippi, at 5.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.