Boys' name · since 1924
Cuyler
749 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.
- #6,158 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,259 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 749
- born since 1924
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Cuyler is the #7259 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 749 recorded since 1924.
Cuyler has 749 recorded births among boys since 1924, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7259 as of the latest data, more common than 48% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1924 to 2025.
- #6,158 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,259 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 749 born since 1924
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cuyler ranks #6,158 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,259 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 749 born since 1924, peaking in the 2000s.
- #6,158 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,259 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 749
- born since 1924
- 2000s
- peak decade
Cuyler's 749 recorded births place it above 86.46% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Cuyler compares
749 Top 36% higher than 64% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Cuyler's all-time total is 103% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Cuyler | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 749 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 33 | 34 | 22,252 |
Cuyler's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Cuyler splits its recorded history at 1999: 62% of all births land in the more recent half, 38% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1975 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2009 peak of 33 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Cuyler popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1924–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 33
- Annual births at peak, across 102 years of records
Cuyler popularity over time - girls
10 total births recorded since 2004 (Cuyler as girls' name)
Cuyler by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (204 births, 27% of the file).
2000s was Cuyler's strongest decade.
204 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Cuyler births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 6
1920s
6 births
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1960s 8
1960s
8 births
- 1970s 23
1970s
23 births
- 1980s
1980s
100 births
- 1990s
1990s
156 births
- 2000s
2000s
204 births
- 2010s
2010s
166 births
- 2020s 80
2020s
80 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 204 births (27% of all-time use).
How Cuyler compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Cuyler's total volume
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What to do with Cuyler's data
- Cuyler's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (204 total births) through the 2020s (80) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
Keep exploring Cuyler
Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Cuyler
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Cuyler: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~101 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1924–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Cuyler draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.