Tyler

What Tyler means

Means “tiler”

From Middle English Tyler, Tylere, Tygler, Tygheler, Tyghelere, Tyghelare, Tygelere, from Middle English tiler, tylere, tylare, tylier (“tiler”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Tyler” (revision 94544261), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Tyler?

US: Falling: down from #81 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #70 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1994, when 30,482 boys got the name (#5 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 1,046 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,590 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,034 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in DE (3.05 per 1,000 boys), RI (2.24 per 1,000 boys), MS (2.21 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Tyler is #219 in the US and #265 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 94.2% of US babies named Tyler were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Taylor398 US · 76 E&W
• Teller70 US
• Tayler25 US · 5 E&W
• Tylor16 US
• Daler0 US · 11 E&W
• Tiller8 US
• Tylar6 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Tyler

Boys

• Brandon#261“broom shrub + hill, dune”^*
• Ryan#99Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1985, with 29,905 babies; 3,532 in 2025
• Dillon#929Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1992, with 5,062 babies; 253 in 2025
• Devin#548“fortuneteller”^*
• Kyle#508“narrows”^*
• Mitchell#952Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1994, with 5,370 babies; 245 in 2025

For a sister

• Brooke#313Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1996, with 6,724 babies; 972 in 2025
• Paige#346possibly “servant”^*
• Haley#861“hay field”^*
• Shelby#649Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1991, with 10,220 babies; 444 in 2025
• Kimberly#302Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #108 in 2015, #302 in 2025
• Ashley#164“ash tree + wood, clearing”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Tyler’s. Rank is US 2025.