Tyler
Tyler was the 220th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 1,633 babies. Its best year was 1993, when it ranked 5th; the most babies were born in 1994 (30,482). Over the last ten years it has moved down 139 places. More babies were named Tyler in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Meaning tiler (surname) · English, French
Say it TY-ler /ˈtaɪlər/
- Rank in 2025
- #220 boys, down 90 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 1,633boys
- Girls and boys
- 6% girls, 94% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 199430,482 babies
- Total since 1880
- 621,493babies recorded
What does the name Tyler mean?
Tyler is an English occupational surname for a tiler, someone who laid roof tiles or bricks. Wiktionary traces it to Middle English tiler and its many spellings, and Wikipedia to Old French tieuleor, 'tile maker'. Wikipedia also mentions a later sense of 'doorkeeper' of a Masonic lodge. As a first name it is a transferred surname, used mostly for boys; Wiktionary notes its use for girls from the 1980s.
tiler (Middle English, “tiler”)tieulier (Old French, “tile maker”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Tylor.
See also: English names, names from occupations.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Tyler', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
- Wikipedia, 'Tyler (name)', Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
Nicknames for Tyler
The usual nicknames for Tyler are Ty. Some parents skip the long form: for every 100 boys named Tyler in the last five years, 16 were named Ty, against 10 twenty years earlier.
| Nickname | Kind | Rank 2025 | Boys, 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ty · also for Tyson, Tyrone | Traditional | #813 | 1,680 |
Nicknames reviewed by our editors; counts are boys given the nickname as their legal first name. Nobody records how many Tylers go by each one.
Tyler popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,924 | #220 | 101 | 1,633 |
| 2020 | #1,509 | #130 | 142 | 2,801 |
| 2010 | #1,229 | #34 | 197 | 10,458 |
| 2000 | #416 | #10 | 683 | 21,506 |
| 1990 | #535 | #21 | 445 | 20,646 |
| 1980 | #1,830 | #114 | 60 | 2,623 |
| 1970 | #2,934 | #283 | 24 | 749 |
| 1960 | #5,665 | #586 | 7 | 177 |
| 1950 | — | #771 | — | 79 |
| 1940 | — | #1,132 | — | 35 |
| 1930 | — | #1,397 | — | 28 |
| 1920 | — | #1,346 | — | 30 |
| 1910 | — | #1,303 | — | 8 |
| 1900 | — | #834 | — | 11 |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | #802 | — | 7 |
How popular is Tyler, counting every spelling?
Tyler has no other common spelling that sounds the same. Counting every name's spellings together, it ranks #235 for boys in 2025, against #220 on the official list, because Kayson/Kaison/Kaysen and Cohen/Kohen/Kohyn and Eric/Erick/Erik move ahead once their spellings are combined.
How many kids will share the name Tyler?
1,633 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Tyler (0.45 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Tyler born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 5 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Tyler.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Tyler?
About 583,600 people born in the US named Tyler are alive today, with a median age of 29; half are between 22 and 34. That makes Tyler mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Tyler by state
How common Tyler was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Delaware (2.8×), New Hampshire (2.4×), Mississippi (2.2×), Connecticut (2.1×), Massachusetts (2.1×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in North Dakota, Minnesota, Arizona.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Tyler: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Tyler, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Tyler · Sibling names for Tyler
Questions about the name Tyler
What does Tyler mean?
Tyler means “tiler (surname)” (English, French origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Tyler?
Tyler was the 220th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 1,633 babies. Its best year was 1993, when it ranked 5th; the most babies were born in 1994 (30,482). Over the last ten years it has moved down 139 places. More babies were named Tyler in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Tyler a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 6% girls, 94% boys given the name Tyler in the US.
Where is Tyler most popular?
In 2021–2025, Tyler was most common in Delaware (3.36 per 1,000 boys), followed by New Hampshire and Mississippi.