Mostly girls · peaked in 2015
Skylar name popularity since 1925
105,716 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Skylar (82.7% girls, 17.3% boys). Half of them were born in 2012 or earlier, so the typical Skylar is about 14 years old in 2026. Skylar peaked in 2015 as the #42 name for girls, and it ranked #167 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 105,716
- Named Skylar, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #167
- for girls in 2025 (1,818 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 82.7% girls
- 87,442 girls · 18,274 boys
- Most popular in
- Georgia
- 1.78× its national share
Peak year is the year Skylar made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Skylar births per year, 1925–2025
2015 was the biggest year for Skylar both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1989 and 1994, Skylar became 5× more common, from 1 in 14,400 baby girls to 1 in 2,880.
- Steepest fall: Between 2020 and 2025, its share of baby girls fell by 50%, from 1 in 443 to 1 in 884.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Skylar's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Skylar.
Decade by decade
Babies named Skylar in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 10 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 0 | 40 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 55 | 116 | #7,049 |
| 1980s | 516 | 1,576 | #3,074 |
| 1990s | 9,101 | 5,770 | #386 |
| 2000s | 21,898 | 6,169 | #154 |
| 2010s | 39,436 | 3,742 | #42 |
| 2020–25 | 16,436 | 851 | #167 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
49.0% of babies named Skylar from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Skylar is most popular
The index compares Skylar's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Skylar.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 1.78× | 5,097 |
| Nevada | 1.74× | 644 |
| Florida | 1.70× | 6,377 |
| North Carolina | 1.60× | 4,716 |
| Delaware | 1.57× | 337 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Skylar's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Skylar.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Skylar (2015).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data