Schylar — unisex name
232 babies named Schylar in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Schylar was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Schylar in 1996 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Schylar
The Social Security Administration has registered 232 babies named Schylar between 1991 and 2016, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Schylar currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 18 babies received it in a single year. Schylar is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 111 additional births since 1986.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Schylar performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 117 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Schylar shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Schylar 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 232 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.
Schylar at a glance
Last recorded 2016Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Schylar popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1991
- Peak year (1996)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2016.
232 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1996 with 18 births in a single year.
Schylar popularity over time — boys
111 total births recorded since 1986 (Schylar as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Schylar accounts for 32% of total recorded use across both genders.
Schylar by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 117 births that decade — 50% of Schylar's all-time total
Schylar decade highlights
- Peak decade 117 births
- Runner-up 72 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Schylar's strongest decade
117 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% 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, 1991–2016 (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.