Skylar

Where Skylar comes from

Pronunciation spelling of Schuyler used since the 1980s.
— Wiktionary's entry for Skylar
  • Dutch
  • From a surname
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1974
    First appearance
    #7,680 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1986
    Skylar Grey born
    American singer
  3. 1987
    Skylar Astin born
    American actor
  4. 1994
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  5. 2015
    Peak, #42
    5,295 babies named Skylar — more than any year before or since.
  6. 2023
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #107.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name transferred from the surname [in turn from Dutch].
Namesakes
  • Skylar Grey · American singer, born 1986
  • Skylar Astin · American actor, born 1987
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith · American basketball player, born 1990
  • Skylar Park · Canadian taekwondoin, born 1999
  • Skylar Mays · American basketball player, born 1997

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.