Unisex name · since 1991
Shyler
164 babies named Shyler in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,868 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 164
- born since 1991
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shyler is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 164 have been recorded since 1991.
Shyler has 164 recorded births among girls since 1991, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1991 to 2014.
- #21,868 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 164 born since 1991
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shyler ranks #21,868 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 164 born since 1991, peaking in the 2000s.
- #21,868 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 164
- born since 1991
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shyler's 164 recorded births place it above 69.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shyler's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shyler's SSA record in two at 2002 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1996, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1998 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shyler popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2014
- Peak year (1998)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Shyler popularity over time - boys
102 total births recorded since 1985 (Shyler as boys' name)
Shyler by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (73 births, 45% of the file).
2000s was Shyler's strongest decade.
73 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Shyler births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
68 births
- 2000s
2000s
73 births
- 2010s 23
2010s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 73 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Shyler's decade-level peak was the 2000s (73 total births); usage has since declined to 23 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shyler: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~23 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, 1991–2014 (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 Shyler 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.