How common is the name Tyler?

541,525 people in the United States have the first name Tyler, about 1 in 558. It ranks #79 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

TYLER

#79

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
541,525
About
1 in 558
This common or more
26.9%
Who bears it

Of the 541,525 people named Tyler, 80.6% reported their origin as White, 6.7% as Black and 5% as Hispanic or Latino. 97.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Tyler peaked in 1994, when 31,536 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1994
Births that year
31,536
In 2025*
1,734 ▼95%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 621,493 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.

Tyler by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #11. The largest share of babies named Tyler, 45.5%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1880s#2,17824
1890s#2,70926
1900s#2,90240
1910s#2,627203
1920s#2,948259
1930s#2,805234
1940s#2,061492
1950s#1,5561,154
1960s#9693,275
1970s#42311,875
1980s#8588,238
1990s#11270,737
2000s#19169,866
2010s#9661,152
2020s#29513,918
Before 19010%
Greatest Generation 1901–270.1%
Silent Generation 1928–450.1%
Baby boom 1946–640.4%
Generation X 1965–802.7%
Millennials 1981–9645.5%
Generation Z 1997–1243.6%
2013 and later7.6%

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 Tyler is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Tyler has been most common in Utah (2.2×), Nevada (2×), and Alaska (2×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.35×).

616,286 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 Tyler

#77 Kathleen · 547,321#78 Nicole · 544,076#80 Brenda · 521,400#81 Samantha · 517,508

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Tyler, most common first.

#3,157 Tylor · 6,901#6,532 Tylar · 2,448#30,816 Tyeler · 281#34,544 Tyller · 236

Also a last name

As a last name, Tyler ranks #528 of 156,621, with 62,380 people. See Tyler as a last name

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