Skylen — #9276 US unisex name
236 babies named Skylen in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 47% of names given to girls today.
50% of everyone ever named Skylen was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Skylen in 2017 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Skylen
The Social Security Administration has registered 236 babies named Skylen between 2000 and 2024, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Skylen currently holds the #9276 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 20 babies received it in a single year. Skylen is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 150 additional births since 1999.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Skylen performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 118 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Skylen shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Skylen 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 236 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.
Skylen at a glance
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Current rank
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Skylen popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2000
- Peak year (2017)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
Currently ranks #9276 among girls.
236 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2017 with 20 births in a single year.
Skylen popularity over time — boys
150 total births recorded since 1999 (Skylen as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Skylen accounts for 39% of total recorded use across both genders.
Skylen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 118 births that decade — 50% of Skylen's all-time total
Skylen decade highlights
- Peak decade 118 births
- Runner-up 63 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Skylen's strongest decade
118 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
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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, 2000–2024 (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.