The name Skylar is of Dutch origin, and means scholar.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Skylar has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Skylar
Use of the Name Skylar for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
10,623
10,623
10,623
6,585
3,312
1,159
529
The table below indicates the number of times the name Skylar has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Skylar first appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1981, which is the first year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Skylar
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1981
957
89
1982
879
103
1983
900
96
1984
719
147
1985
668
175
1986
695
170
1987
582
244
1988
625
228
1989
562
297
1990
465
447
563
417
1991
486
415
620
364
1992
463
468
565
413
1993
403
574
460
545
1994
398
585
403
621
1995
408
561
386
684
1996
373
635
328
854
1997
371
657
302
953
1998
358
727
173
1,728
1999
374
693
131
2,506
2000
356
746
135
2,497
2001
363
730
141
2,339
2002
383
677
140
2,388
2003
409
630
144
2,294
2004
471
529
155
2,137
Totals:
10,623
20,740
During the last 125 years, parents have used Skylar as a boy's name about 33% of the time and more frequently (about 66% of the time) as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are significantly lower than actual counts because the name Skylar appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 24 times during the last 125 years.