Recorded 1993–2009 Unisex name Peak 1996 27 births

Sklyer — boys' name

27 babies named Sklyer in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s172000s10

The verdict

27 boys have been named Sklyer since 1993, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2009.

27
total births
1993–2009
years on record
1990s
peak decade
63%
born in that decade
1990s
Peak decade

63% of everyone ever named Sklyer was born in this single decade.

1996
Single peak year

6 babies were named Sklyer in 1996 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Sklyer

The Social Security Administration has registered 27 babies named Sklyer between 1993 and 2009, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sklyer currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 6 babies received it in a single year. Sklyer is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 2005.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sklyer performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Sklyer shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sklyer 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 27 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.

Sklyer at a glance

Last recorded 2009

Total births

27

Since 1993

17 years of records

Peak year

1996

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2009

Active since

1993

Recorded for 17 years

Last year on file: 2009

Sklyer popularity over time — boys

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–1993

Last recorded 2009
Peak year (1996)
6
Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
4.555.566.5 20092003199819961993 5

Sklyer popularity over time — girls

5 total births recorded since 2005 (Sklyer as girls' name)

Unisex variant — 5 births
5 2005 5

Sklyer by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
17 births that decade — 63% of Sklyer's all-time total
1990s172000s10

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Sklyer?
27 babies have been named Sklyer since 1993. It was last recorded in 2009. The peak year was 1996 with 6 births.
When was Sklyer most popular?
Sklyer was most popular in the 1990s decade with 17 total births. The single peak year was 1996.
Is Sklyer a unisex name?
Yes, Sklyer is used for both boys and girls. As a boy's name it has 27 births, and as a girl's name it has 5 births.
How long has the name Sklyer been used?
Sklyer has been recorded in Social Security data since 1993, spanning 17 years of data through 2009.

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, 1993–2009 (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.