Tiler — boys' name
286 babies named Tiler in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
286 boys have been named Tiler since 1990, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2013.
- 286
- total births
- 1990–2013
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 49%
- born in that decade
49% of everyone ever named Tiler was born in this single decade.
24 babies were named Tiler in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tiler
The Social Security Administration has registered 286 babies named Tiler between 1990 and 2013, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tiler currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 24 babies received it in a single year. Tiler is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 59 additional births since 1990.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tiler performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 139 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Tiler shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tiler 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 286 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.
Tiler at a glance
Last recorded 2013Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tiler popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–1990
- Peak year (2000)
- 24
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2013.
286 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 24 births in a single year.
Tiler popularity over time — girls
59 total births recorded since 1990 (Tiler as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Tiler accounts for 17% of total recorded use across both genders.
Tiler by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 139 births that decade — 49% of Tiler's all-time total
Tiler decade highlights
- Peak decade 139 births
- Runner-up 134 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Tiler's strongest decade
139 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% 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, 1990–2013 (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.