Boy nameCurrently #191 in the USFalling

Tyler

TY-ler//ˈtaɪlər//

2 syllablesPeak year: 19945 lettersStarts with T

Meaning & origin

Tile maker

Tyler comes from the medieval English occupational surname for someone who made or laid roof tiles. Its smooth sound made it one of the most popular boys' names of the 1990s and 2000s.

Tyler's popularity over time

Yearly US births named Tyler, Social Security Administration data
YearBirths named Tyler
18807
18845
18885
18897
18925
18955
18966
18985
18995
190011
19036
19045
19056
19075
19087
19108
191113
191221
191313
191415
191522
191627
191726
191827
191931
192030
192125
192235
192324
192422
192522
192621
192727
192834
192919
193028
193121
193224
193317
193415
193526
193612
193719
193833
193939
194035
194141
194234
194339
194443
194542
194652
194767
194868
194971
195079
195171
195288
1953101
1954117
1955117
1956138
1957148
1958145
1959151
1960185
1961197
1962236
1963290
1964324
1965308
1966341
1967435
1968450
1969510
1970775
1971741
1972847
1973770
1974949
19751,094
19761,302
19771,492
19781,809
19792,104
19802,683
19813,206
19824,713
19835,954
19848,896
198510,406
198611,111
198711,791
198813,612
198915,862
199021,088
199125,844
199229,782
199330,981
199431,534
199530,077
199627,804
199725,638
199824,522
199923,455
200022,189
200119,844
200218,789
200318,641
200417,941
200517,345
200615,929
200714,425
200812,968
200911,789
201010,653
20119,033
20127,881
20136,832
20146,019
20155,377
20164,705
20173,959
20183,502
20193,171
20202,940
20212,590
20222,399
20232,199
20242,040

Tyler through the decades

  • Tyler peaked in 1994, when 31,534 babies were named Tyler in the US.
  • Over the last 10 years of data (2015–2024), use of Tyler has fallen 71% compared to the 10 years before that.
  • Tyler currently ranks #191 in the US and is cooling off.

Nicknames

Ty

Variants & spellings

Tiler

Names like Tyler

Similar-sounding names.

Sibling names for Tyler

A different sound, a similar rhythm.