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Skylar Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Skylar?

In 2018 the popular name Skylar, ranked the 50th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

Presently one of the top 50 most popular, Skylar has been less popular than the top 1000 in the past.

Its highest popularity ranking of #42 was reached for the first time in 2015 and as recently as 2016.

The greatest number of babies were given the name in 2015 with 5,281 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Skylar in any given year was less than 5, most recently in 1973.

Skylar, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1980-1999, and 2010-2015.

Skylar became more popular as a girls name in 1994.

For a number of years, the name Skylar has steadily increased in popularity. In recent years, continuing the trend, the number of babies given the name Skylar has risen.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Skylar?

Skylar's popularity is at a very high point when measured against its most notable year.

The name Skylar is favored by many parents and will probably continue to rise upward in popularity.

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   Skylar (Girl)Skylar (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 4,378 50 229 922
2017 4,718 48 280 807
2016 5,119 42 320 758
2015 5,281 42 356 704
2014 4,770 48 413 635
2013 3,788 73 490 543
2012 3,344 87 454 567
2011 2,157 145 479 528
2010 1,719 181 491 526
2009 1,768 186 547 498
2008 1,749 192 531 513
2007 2,056 171 563 478
2006 2,350 145 630 435
2005 2,241 154 563 453
2004 2,174 154 536 470
2003 2,305 144 632 408
2002 2,391 141 680 383
2001 2,343 141 734 361
2000 2,503 135 748 356
1999 2,513 131 695 374
1998 1,731 173 730 358
1997 953 302 657 372
1996 855 328 636 373
1995 685 386 561 408
1994 621 403 585 398
1993 545 461 574 403
1992 413 567 469 463
1991 364 620 415 486
1990 418 562 448 466
1989 127 1,247 296 563
1988 116 1,267 230 623
1987 106 1,310 245 581
1986 61 1,860 171 697
1985 29 3,152 175 670
1984 20 3,971 146 722
1983 14 5,107 96 902
1982 14 5,165 103 881
1981 16 4,704 89 960
1980 11 6,265 26 2,105
1979 13 5,368 35 1,667
1978 7 8,422 16 2,780
1977 11 5,838 20 2,347
1976 10 5,973 10 3,683
1975 8 7,046 10 3,627
1974 6 8,581 8 4,138
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.