Skilar — #14014 US unisex name
406 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.
More common than 21% of names given to girls today.
50% of everyone ever named Skilar was born in this single decade.
31 babies were named Skilar in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Skilar
The Social Security Administration has registered 406 babies named Skilar between 1990 and 2024, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Skilar currently holds the #14014 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 31 babies received it in a single year. Skilar is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 50 additional births since 1998.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Skilar performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 202 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Skilar shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Skilar in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Skilar 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 406 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.
Skilar at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Skilar popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1990
- Peak year (2016)
- 31
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
Currently ranks #14014 among girls.
406 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 31 births in a single year.
Skilar popularity over time — boys
50 total births recorded since 1998 (Skilar as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Skilar accounts for 11% of total recorded use across both genders.
Skilar by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 202 births that decade — 50% of Skilar's all-time total
Skilar decade highlights
- Peak decade 202 births
- Runner-up 118 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Skilar's strongest decade
202 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% 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 | 1.5% |
6 of 406 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 1.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 1.5% 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, 1990–2024 (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.