Is Skylor a boy or girl name?

Skylor is a unisex name. Of the 1,494 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 29.2% were girls and 70.8% were boys. It changed hands in 2014, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Skylor

Recorded 1981–2024 · United States

Skylor was most popular in 1998, when 84 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,149 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,494 people named Skylor.

Skylor over time

Births per year. The dot marks Skylor’s peak in 1998. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Skylor a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Skylor is a unisex name — 29.2% of the 1,494 Americans given it were girls and 70.8% were boys. It changed hands: since 2014 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 49% girls and 51% 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