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Tyler

Boys' name · Millennial-era

Living in the US
~603,300 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#219 among boys
Births in 2025
1,734 621,493 since 1880
Typical age
28 years, median

Tyler popularity over time

Tyler rank by birth year, 1880–2025Tyler ranked #745 in 1880 and #219 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #5, in 1993.#10#100#1,000#219best #5 in 199318901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

Tyler was used most in 1994, when 31,536 babies were given the name. It is present from 1880, the first year of the record. Across the record, 36 years put Tyler in the top 100.

The 2025 position is #219, on 1,734 births. The ten-year change is -68%. Year on year the rank dropped by 28.

Babies named Tyler per yearPeaks at 31,536 births in 1994.31,536 in 1994018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Tyler?

Roughly 603,300 Tylers are alive in the US right now. SSA has recorded 621,493 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Tyler?

The typical living Tyler is 28 years old. More of them were born in the 1990s than in any other decade. By the site’s era rules that makes Tyler a millennial-era name.

Your Tyler

Ages of living people named TylerHalf of living Tylers are older than 28 and half younger.median 28020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Tyler is most common

Tyler is 2.2× as common in Delaware as it is nationally. Mississippi, Connecticut and Rhode Island follow.

Where Tyler is used more than average5 states use the name Tyler more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: 2.0× the national rateNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: 2.1× the national rateCTRhode Island: 2.0× the national rateRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: 2.2× the national rateDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: 2.2× the national rateMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Tyler is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Delaware 104 2.2×
Mississippi 408 2.2×
Connecticut 446 2.1×
Rhode Island 102 2.0×
New Hampshire 135 2.0×

Tyler in England and Wales

ONS recorded 171 births named Tyler in 2025, ranking it #265. That is 57% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Tyler comes from

From Middle English Tyler, Tylere, Tygler, Tygheler, Tyghelere, Tyghelare, Tygelere, from Middle English tiler, tylere, tylare, tylier (“tiler”).

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Tyler

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Tyler Perry American actor and filmmaker 1969 53
Tyler Posey American actor, musician (b. 1991) 1991 45
Tyler Hoechlin American actor 1987 43
Tyler Adams American soccer player 1999 40
Tyler Joseph American singer, rapper and record producer 1988 36
Tyler Blackett English footballer 1994 33
Tyler Blackburn American actor, singer and model 1986 30
Tyler James Williams American actor and rapper 1992 26
Photo credits (3)

The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 510 in 1969 to 773 in 1970 — 1.5 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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