first name
SCHUYLER
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,367 people named Schuyler, 78.5% reported their origin as White, 8.5% as Black and 5.3% as two or more races. 72.7% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Schuyler peaked in 1993, when 182 babies got the name.
At least 5,480 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Schuyler by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #1,938. The largest share of babies named Schuyler, 39.2%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Schuyler is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Schuyler has been most common in New York (4.8×), Washington (2.3×), and California (2.2×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.44×).
1,395 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Schuyler
Spelled almost the same
4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Schuyler, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Schuyler ranks #9,566 of 156,621, with 3,250 people. See Schuyler as a last name
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