How popular is the name Kyler?

Kyler ranks 541st among boys' names in US records, with 41,779 births since 1922. Over the past decade it accounts for 12,860.

Is Kyler a unisex name?

No. Kyler is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2019, when 1,633 children were given the name. It has been in use for 103 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Cuyler, Kylor. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Boy name#541 of boy names

Pronounced K AY1 L AO1 R (ARPABET)

Kyler is a boys' name, and first appears in 1922. It has been given to 41,779 children — the 541st most common boys' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2019, when 1,633 children were given it.

Two other spellings are counted in that total — Cuyler and Kylor — because they are pronounced identically.

2019Boys: 1,633Girls: 117

These spellings sound identical to Kyler and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Kyler?: Kyler ranks 541st among boys' names in US records, with 41,779 births since 1922. Over the past decade it accounts for 12,860.
Is Kyler a unisex name?: No. Kyler is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Kyler most popular?: 2019, when 1,633 children were given the name. It has been in use for 103 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Kyler spelled?: Cuyler, Kylor. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.