Name Legacy

Skylan

Recorded 1994–2025 · United States

Skylan was most popular in 2016, when 55 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,225 that year. In 2025 it ranked #7,878, with 30 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 791 people named Skylan.

Most popular in2016
Rank that year#5,225
Births that year55
Total since 1880791
Given to60% girls

Skylan over time

18802025
Births per year. The dot marks Skylan’s peak in 2016. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Skylan a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Skylan is a unisex name — 60.4% of the 791 Americans given it were girls and 39.6% were boys. It changed hands: since 2025 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 59% girls and 41% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org