Unisex name · since 1990
Skilar
415 babies named Skilar in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,239 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,382 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 415
- born since 1990
- 2010s
- peak decade
Skilar currently ranks #10382 among unisex names in America, with 415 babies recorded since 1990.
Social Security Administration records show Skilar recorded 415 times among girls since 1990, holding rank #10382 nationally today, ahead of 40% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2025.
- #13,239 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,382 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 415 born since 1990
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Skilar ranks #13,239 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,382 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 415 born since 1990, peaking in the 2010s.
- #13,239 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,382 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 415
- born since 1990
- 2010s
- peak decade
Skilar's 415 recorded births place it above 81.69% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Skilar compares
415 Top 48% higher than 52% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Skilar's all-time total is 10% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Skilar | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 415 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 31 | 21 | 19,840 |
Skilar's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Skilar splits its recorded history at 2010: 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 1990 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2016 peak of 31 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Skilar popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 31
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Skilar popularity over time - boys
50 total births recorded since 1998 (Skilar as boys' name)
Skilar by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (202 births, 49% of the file).
2010s was Skilar's strongest decade.
202 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Skilar births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 38
1990s
38 births
- 2000s
2000s
118 births
- 2010s
2010s
202 births
- 2020s 57
2020s
57 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 202 births (49% of all-time use).
Skilar by state
Where Skilar concentrates geographically, total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6 | 1.4% |
6 of 415 births nationwide.
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What to do with Skilar's data
- Skilar's decade-level peak was the 2010s (202 total births); usage has since declined to 57 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Skilars (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Skilar: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1990–2025 (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 Skilar 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.