Tyler

Where Tyler comes from

From Middle English Tyler, Tylere, Tygler, Tygheler, Tyghelere, Tyghelare, Tygelere, from Middle English tiler, tylere, tylare, tylier (“tiler”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Tyler
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #745 among boys — 7 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1969
    Tyler Perry born
    American actor and filmmaker
  3. 1991
    Tyler Posey born
    American actor, musician
  4. 1994
    Peak, #5
    30,482 babies named Tyler — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2007
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #21.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
  • A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1980s and later usage.
  • A locale in the United States:
  • An unincorporated community in Gilchrist County, Florida.
  • An unincorporated community in Pemiscot County, Missouri; named for lumber businessman H. A. Tyler.
  • An unincorporated community in Spokane County, Washington.
  • A ghost town in Madera County, California.
Namesakes
  • Tyler Perry · American actor and filmmaker, born 1969
  • Tyler Posey · American actor, musician, born 1991
  • Tyler Hoechlin · American actor, born 1987
  • Tyler Adams · American soccer player, born 1999
  • Tyler Joseph · American singer, rapper and record producer, born 1988

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.