Tylar — #12730 US boys' name
1,626 babies named Tylar in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 11% of names given to boys today.
46% of everyone ever named Tylar was born in this single decade.
107 babies were named Tylar in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tylar
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,626 babies named Tylar between 1980 and 2024, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tylar currently holds the #12730 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 107 babies received it in a single year. Tylar is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 1,346 additional births since 1985.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tylar performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 747 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Tylar shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 61 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Tylar in 18 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tylar 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 1,626 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.
Tylar at a glance
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Current rank
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Tylar popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1980
- Peak year (1997)
- 107
- Annual births at peak — across 45 years of records
Currently ranks #12730 among boys.
1,626 total births across 45 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 107 births in a single year.
Tylar popularity over time — girls
1,346 total births recorded since 1985 (Tylar as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Tylar accounts for 45% of total recorded use across both genders.
Tylar by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 747 births that decade — 46% of Tylar's all-time total
Tylar decade highlights
- Peak decade 747 births
- Runner-up 558 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Tylar's strongest decade
747 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
Tylar by state
Where Tylar concentrates geographically — total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 61 | 3.8% |
| #2 | California | | 56 | 3.4% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 30 | 1.8% |
| #4 | Texas | | 30 | 1.8% |
| #5 | Missouri | | 22 | 1.4% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 19 | 1.2% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 17 | 1.0% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 13 | 0.8% |
61 of 1,626 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 18 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Ohio 3.8% of nationwide
- California 3.4% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 1.8% of nationwide
- Texas 1.8% of nationwide
- Missouri 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 18 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Ohio accounts for 3.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Tylar appears in 18 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1980–2024 (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.