Is Tylar a boy or girl name?

Tylar is a unisex name. Of the 2,984 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 45.3% were girls and 54.7% were boys. It changed hands in 2012, and has gone mainly to girls since.

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Tylar

Recorded 1980–2025 · United States

Tylar was most popular in 1997, when 165 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,958 that year. In 2025 it ranked #15,103, with 11 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,984 people named Tylar.

Tylar over time

Births per year. The dot marks Tylar’s peak in 1997. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Tylar a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Tylar is a unisex name — 45.3% of the 2,984 Americans given it were girls and 54.7% were boys. It changed hands: since 2012 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 65% girls and 35% 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.

Names that peaked alongside Tylar

Where Tylar is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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