Feminine dossier · first seen 1974

Skylar

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Skylar
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 2015

Peak era

2015

Peak rank proxy

5,294

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Gen Alpha

1974Peak 20152024

Peak year

2015

Decline from peak

58.7%

2024

2,186

All-time

85,585

Skylar is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 2015, when 5,294 girls were named Skylar.

In 2024, only 2,186 girls were given the name.

Down 58.7% from its peak.

All told, about 85,585 Americans have been named Skylar and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1974.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryGradual decline from 2015

20155,294 girls named Skylar

20242,186 girls named Skylar

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