Tyler
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning tile maker or layer.
How Tyler has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #80 |
| 2016 | #91 |
| 2017 | #106 |
| 2018 | #119 |
| 2019 | #127 |
| 2020 | #130 |
| 2021 | #157 |
| 2022 | #164 |
| 2023 | #177 |
| 2024 | #191 |
| 2025 | #220 |
Tyler by the numbers
In 2025, 171 babies in England and Wales were named Tyler. In the US, 3,918 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 30,477 babies in 1994, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
At its height, in 1995, about 1 in 69 American boys born that year was called Tyler.
Names that come from Tyler
Forms of Tyler in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Tyleeone who tiles; a modern respelling of Tyler60 in the US (2017)
- Tylahtile maker or layer; variant of Tyler28 in the US (2017)
- Tyler-Juniortile maker; junior; a form of Tyler with suffix3 in England and Wales (2025)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Tyler. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Tyler
Names that are said the same way as Tyler, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Tillerone who tills the soil6 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Tyler
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