Cuyler — #12490 US boys' name
738 babies named Cuyler in U.S. Social Security records since 1924, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 12% of names given to boys today.
28% of everyone ever named Cuyler was born in this single decade.
33 babies were named Cuyler in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cuyler
The Social Security Administration has registered 738 babies named Cuyler between 1924 and 2024, spanning 101 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cuyler currently holds the #12490 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 33 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cuyler performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 204 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Cuyler shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cuyler in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 738 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Cuyler at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Cuyler popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1924
- Peak year (2009)
- 33
- Annual births at peak — across 101 years of records
Currently ranks #12490 among boys.
738 total births across 101 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 33 births in a single year.
Cuyler popularity over time — girls
10 total births recorded since 2004 (Cuyler as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Cuyler accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Cuyler by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 204 births that decade — 28% of Cuyler's all-time total
Cuyler decade highlights
- Peak decade 204 births
- Runner-up 166 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Cuyler's strongest decade
204 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 28% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1924–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.