Cyler — #9235 US boys' name
646 babies named Cyler in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 35% of names given to boys today.
41% of everyone ever named Cyler was born in this single decade.
45 babies were named Cyler in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cyler
The Social Security Administration has registered 646 babies named Cyler between 1985 and 2024, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cyler currently holds the #9235 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 45 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cyler performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 266 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Cyler shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 13 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Cyler in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cyler 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 646 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.
Cyler at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cyler popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1985
- Peak year (2009)
- 45
- Annual births at peak — across 40 years of records
Currently ranks #9235 among boys.
646 total births across 40 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 45 births in a single year.
Cyler popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 2015 (Cyler as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Cyler accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Cyler by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 266 births that decade — 41% of Cyler's all-time total
Cyler decade highlights
- Peak decade 266 births
- Runner-up 225 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Cyler's strongest decade
266 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Cyler by state
Where Cyler concentrates geographically — total births since 1985
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 13 | 2.0% |
| #2 | California | | 6 | 0.9% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.8% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.8% |
13 of 646 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 2.0% of nationwide
- California 0.9% of nationwide
- Illinois 0.8% of nationwide
- North Carolina 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 2.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1985–2024 (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.