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Skylar

Boy's name · #1537 in the US (2025) · 2000s wave

5% boys · 95% girls — About 95% of babies named Skylar in recent years have been girls. Skylar →

Popularity over time

Skylar reached #356 in 2000 and has eased to #1537 since. About 18,000 boys have carried it since 1959.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 15 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#1,565 in Canada (2025) · #3,684 in England & Wales (2025) · #8,446 in Ecuador (2006).

Famous Skylars

• Skylar Astin — American actor (born 1987)
• Skylar Gaertner — American actor (born 2004)
• Skylar Thompson — American football player (born 1997)
• Skylar Mays — American basketball player (born 1997)
• Skylar Spence — American electronic musician and singer (born 1993)

What Skylars become

Among 81 notable people named Skylar:

Sports figures appear 2.65× more often than among typical names — e.g. Skylar Mays, American basketball player (born 1997).

Similar names: Skyler · Payton · Sky · Kolby · Garrison · Dayton

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