Schyler — boys' name
772 babies named Schyler in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
48% of everyone ever named Schyler was born in this single decade.
47 babies were named Schyler in 1992 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Schyler
The Social Security Administration has registered 772 babies named Schyler between 1977 and 2020, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Schyler currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 47 babies received it in a single year. Schyler is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 602 additional births since 1985.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Schyler performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 369 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Schyler shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 17 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Schyler in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Schyler 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 772 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.
Schyler at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Schyler popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1977
- Peak year (1992)
- 47
- Annual births at peak — across 44 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
772 total births across 44 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1992 with 47 births in a single year.
Schyler popularity over time — girls
602 total births recorded since 1985 (Schyler as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Schyler accounts for 44% of total recorded use across both genders.
Schyler by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 369 births that decade — 48% of Schyler's all-time total
Schyler decade highlights
- Peak decade 369 births
- Runner-up 182 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Schyler's strongest decade
369 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
Schyler by state
Where Schyler concentrates geographically — total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 17 | 2.2% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #3 | New York | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #4 | Texas | | 5 | 0.6% |
17 of 772 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 2.2% of nationwide
- Illinois 0.6% of nationwide
- New York 0.6% of nationwide
- Texas 0.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.2% 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, 1977–2020 (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.