Tyler
An occupational surname for a maker or layer of tiles.
Popularity, 1880–2025
An occupational surname (a roof tiler) that the 1990s surname fashion carried into the boys' top 10.
Tyler appears in the national records from the very first year, 1880. It has ranked among the top 100 names for American boys in every year from 1981 to 2016. It spent 9 years inside the top 10. Its biggest year was 1994, when 30,482 newborn boys received the name, ranking it No. 5 nationally. In 2025 it ranked No. 219 for boys. All told, 621,493 Americans have been given the name since 1880.
Related names
Other spellings on record: Tylor (8,527), Tylar (2,984) (total births since 1880)
Explore Tyler interactively →By the decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 24 | No. 745 |
| 1890s | 26 | No. 982 |
| 1900s | 40 | No. 785 |
| 1910s | 203 | No. 925 |
| 1920s | 254 | No. 1222 |
| 1930s | 234 | No. 1015 |
| 1940s | 492 | No. 814 |
| 1950s | 1,132 | No. 640 |
| 1960s | 3,168 | No. 357 |
| 1970s | 11,536 | No. 131 |
| 1980s | 86,451 | No. 30 |
| 1990s | 262,320 | No. 5 |
| 2000s | 165,587 | No. 10 |
| 2010s | 59,369 | No. 34 |
| 2020s | 13,134 | No. 130 |
Births and rank shown for boys, the sex more often given the name. The Social Security Administration omits name–year combinations with fewer than five births.
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Data: U.S. Social Security Administration national baby-name file, 1880–2025.