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 girls 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 girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Skylar
Use of the Name Skylar for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
20,740
20,740
20,740
18,380
11,655
4,431
2,137
The table below indicates the number of times the name Skylar has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Skylar first appeared in the top thousand girl or boy 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 girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Skylar
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy 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
563
417
465
447
1991
620
364
486
415
1992
565
413
463
468
1993
460
545
403
574
1994
403
621
398
585
1995
386
684
408
561
1996
328
854
373
635
1997
302
953
371
657
1998
173
1,728
358
727
1999
131
2,506
374
693
2000
135
2,497
356
746
2001
141
2,339
363
730
2002
140
2,388
383
677
2003
144
2,294
409
630
2004
155
2,137
471
529
Totals:
20,740
10,623
During the last 125 years, parents have used Skylar as a girl's name about 66% of the time and less frequently (about 33% of the time) as a boy'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 girl names only 15 times during the last 125 years.