Tyler
Tyler was given to 1,633 boys in 2025, #220 among boys’ names; 621,493 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 601,000 Americans named Tyler and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (97% of everyone recorded); the median is 29 years old and half are between 22 and 34.
Tyler is the #41 most common first name among living American men and boys, by this estimate.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Tyler by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Tyler mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Tyler is “a male given name transferred from the surname.” Its etymology gives the sense “tiler” (tylier).
Also “a female given name transferred from the surname, of 1980s and later usage.”
From Middle English Tyler, Tylere, Tygler, Tygheler, Tyghelere, Tyghelare, Tygelere, from Middle English tiler, tylere, tylare, tylier (“tiler”).
/ˈtaɪ.lɚ/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Tyler?
#220 among boys’ names, 2025
Tyler fell from #81 in 2015 to #220 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 2.7 to 1.0 per 1,000.
31,536 babies in 1994, the peak
Tyler peaked in 1994, when 31,536 babies were given it (30,482 boys, #5 among boys’ names). The 1,734 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 5% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,633 | #220 | 1.0 |
| 2024 | 1,915 | #191 | 1.1 |
| 2023 | 2,073 | #177 | 1.2 |
| 2022 | 2,268 | #163 | 1.3 |
| 2021 | 2,444 | #157 | 1.4 |
| 2020 | 2,801 | #130 | 1.6 |
| 2019 | 3,024 | #127 | 1.7 |
| 2018 | 3,341 | #119 | 1.8 |
| 2017 | 3,788 | #105 | 2.0 |
| 2016 | 4,515 | #91 | 2.4 |
Every recorded year (131)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5,175 | #81 | 2.7 |
| 2014 | 5,851 | #72 | 3.0 |
| 2013 | 6,660 | #63 | 3.5 |
| 2012 | 7,706 | #50 | 4.1 |
| 2011 | 8,851 | #38 | 4.7 |
| 2010 | 10,458 | #34 | 5.5 |
| 2009 | 11,551 | #28 | 5.8 |
| 2008 | 12,709 | #28 | 6.2 |
| 2007 | 14,106 | #21 | 6.8 |
| 2006 | 15,550 | #18 | 7.6 |
| 2005 | 16,989 | #16 | 8.5 |
| 2004 | 17,450 | #16 | 8.8 |
| 2003 | 18,185 | #15 | 9.2 |
| 2002 | 18,266 | #14 | 9.4 |
| 2001 | 19,275 | #13 | 9.9 |
| 2000 | 21,506 | #10 | 11.0 |
| 1999 | 22,669 | #10 | 11.8 |
| 1998 | 23,712 | #8 | 12.4 |
| 1997 | 24,879 | #10 | 13.2 |
| 1996 | 26,956 | #7 | 14.2 |
| 1995 | 29,161 | #6 | 15.3 |
| 1994 | 30,482 | #5 | 15.8 |
| 1993 | 29,800 | #5 | 15.2 |
| 1992 | 28,806 | #8 | 14.4 |
| 1991 | 25,209 | #16 | 12.5 |
| 1990 | 20,646 | #21 | 10.1 |
| 1989 | 15,594 | #30 | 7.8 |
| 1988 | 13,349 | #33 | 7.0 |
| 1987 | 11,542 | #39 | 6.2 |
| 1986 | 10,912 | #40 | 5.9 |
| 1985 | 10,211 | #43 | 5.5 |
| 1984 | 8,705 | #47 | 4.8 |
| 1983 | 5,821 | #57 | 3.2 |
| 1982 | 4,577 | #66 | 2.5 |
| 1981 | 3,117 | #96 | 1.7 |
| 1980 | 2,623 | #114 | 1.5 |
| 1979 | 2,044 | #131 | 1.2 |
| 1978 | 1,752 | #150 | 1.1 |
| 1977 | 1,452 | #165 | 0.88 |
| 1976 | 1,260 | #179 | 0.80 |
| 1975 | 1,056 | #205 | 0.68 |
| 1974 | 922 | #228 | 0.59 |
| 1973 | 748 | #261 | 0.48 |
| 1972 | 832 | #250 | 0.51 |
| 1971 | 721 | #287 | 0.41 |
| 1970 | 749 | #283 | 0.40 |
| 1969 | 490 | #357 | 0.27 |
| 1968 | 435 | #372 | 0.25 |
| 1967 | 420 | #366 | 0.24 |
| 1966 | 330 | #419 | 0.19 |
| 1965 | 297 | #451 | 0.16 |
| 1964 | 309 | #454 | 0.16 |
| 1963 | 282 | #471 | 0.14 |
| 1962 | 231 | #523 | 0.11 |
| 1961 | 197 | #560 | 0.09 |
| 1960 | 177 | #585 | 0.08 |
| 1959 | 145 | #640 | 0.07 |
| 1958 | 145 | #639 | 0.07 |
| 1957 | 141 | #648 | 0.07 |
| 1956 | 133 | #657 | 0.06 |
| 1955 | 117 | #677 | 0.06 |
| 1954 | 117 | #667 | 0.06 |
| 1953 | 101 | #710 | 0.05 |
| 1952 | 83 | #773 | 0.04 |
| 1951 | 71 | #836 | 0.04 |
| 1950 | 79 | #770 | 0.04 |
| 1949 | 71 | #815 | 0.04 |
| 1948 | 68 | #829 | 0.04 |
| 1947 | 67 | #851 | 0.04 |
| 1946 | 52 | #933 | 0.03 |
| 1945 | 42 | #992 | 0.03 |
| 1944 | 43 | #1,002 | 0.03 |
| 1943 | 39 | #1,102 | 0.03 |
| 1942 | 34 | #1,211 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 41 | #1,017 | 0.03 |
| 1940 | 35 | #1,132 | 0.03 |
| 1939 | 39 | #1,030 | 0.04 |
| 1938 | 33 | #1,147 | 0.03 |
| 1937 | 19 | #1,626 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,174 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 26 | #1,351 | 0.02 |
| 1934 | 15 | #1,925 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 17 | #1,766 | 0.02 |
| 1932 | 24 | #1,462 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 21 | #1,586 | 0.02 |
| 1930 | 28 | #1,397 | 0.03 |
| 1929 | 19 | #1,789 | 0.02 |
| 1928 | 29 | #1,379 | 0.03 |
| 1927 | 27 | #1,464 | 0.02 |
| 1926 | 21 | #1,714 | 0.02 |
| 1925 | 22 | #1,674 | 0.02 |
| 1924 | 22 | #1,720 | 0.02 |
| 1923 | 24 | #1,586 | 0.02 |
| 1922 | 35 | #1,241 | 0.03 |
| 1921 | 25 | #1,543 | 0.02 |
| 1920 | 30 | #1,346 | 0.03 |
| 1919 | 31 | #1,293 | 0.03 |
| 1918 | 27 | #1,399 | 0.03 |
| 1917 | 26 | #1,391 | 0.03 |
| 1916 | 27 | #1,331 | 0.03 |
| 1915 | 22 | #1,500 | 0.03 |
| 1914 | 15 | #1,677 | 0.02 |
| 1913 | 13 | #1,573 | 0.03 |
| 1912 | 21 | #1,020 | 0.05 |
| 1911 | 13 | #972 | 0.06 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,302 | 0.04 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,205 | 0.05 |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,530 | 0.03 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,221 | 0.05 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,385 | 0.04 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,121 | 0.05 |
| 1900 | 11 | #833 | 0.07 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,192 | 0.05 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,278 | 0.04 |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,094 | 0.05 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,226 | 0.04 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,244 | 0.04 |
| 1889 | 7 | #873 | 0.06 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,170 | 0.04 |
| 1884 | 5 | #1,114 | 0.04 |
| 1880 | 7 | #802 | 0.06 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Tyler a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 621,493 Americans recorded as Tyler, 3% are girls and 97% boys. In 2025 it went to 101 girls and 1,633 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Tyler: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Tyler, and how old are they?
601,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 97% of the 621,493 Americans ever recorded as Tyler. The median Tyler alive today is 29 years old; half are between 22 and 34.
The 2020 Census counted 541,525 people named Tyler (14,467 women and girls, 527,058 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 593,713 born in the U.S. The Census count is 9% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 118 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,880 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 15,000 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 271,000 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 266,000 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 47,100 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Tyler born?
The states with the most babies named Tyler are Texas, Florida and New York, with 25% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 151 | #279 | 0.6× |
| Florida | 135 | #170 | 1.0× |
| New York | 130 | #148 | 0.8× |
| California | 111 | #328 | 0.7× |
| Pennsylvania | 88 | #159 | 1.2× |
| New Jersey | 85 | #114 | 0.8× |
| North Carolina | 62 | #221 | 1.0× |
| Illinois | 59 | #223 | 0.9× |
| Ohio | 57 | #229 | 1.2× |
| Georgia | 55 | #226 | 0.9× |
Where Tyler is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Tyler is most over-represented in Utah: since 1910 it was given 1.4 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Tyler with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 634,126 babies since 1880, Tyler is the most given (98% of them). In 2025 it was given to 1,734 of their 1,769 babies (98%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Tyler
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Tyler and names like it
- Compare Tyler and TylorBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1990sTyler peaked in 1994.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Tyler since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Tyler: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1994The year the most babies were named Tyler.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Tyler alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with TMost given first.