boy's name
Tyler
TY-ler
- Origin English
- Gender Boy
- Syllables 2
- Letters 5
- Popularity Top 1000 (US)
- Births on record 712,418
the United States
#220
2025 births
Tyler is a boy's name from a medieval trade — a man who laid roof tiles — and the leader of the Peasants' Revolt carried it as a job description. It ranks 151st in Scotland and 220th in the United States.
- Tyler is a name of English origin.
- Peaked in 1994, when 31,536 babies were given the name.
- It has been falling over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 1,912 babies in the United States is given this name.
- 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.
Tyler over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1880s | 24 |
| 1890s | 26 |
| 1900s | 40 |
| 1910s | 203 |
| 1920s | 259 |
| 1930s | 234 |
| 1940s | 492 |
| 1950s | 1,154 |
| 1960s | 3,275 |
| 1970s | 11,875 |
| 1980s | 88,238 |
| 1990s | 270,737 |
| 2000s | 169,866 |
| 2010s | 61,152 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 13,918 |
What Tyler means
Tyler means one who lays tiles, from the Old French tieule and behind it the Latin tegula, a roof tile. It is an occupational name, so it describes what an ancestor did rather than anything about the bearer.
Where Tyler comes from
Tyler is an English occupational surname for a tiler — someone who laid roof or floor tiles — from the Old French tieule, from the Latin tegula, itself from tegere, to cover. The same root gives protect and toga. Wat Tyler, who led the Peasants' Revolt of 1381 and was killed by the Lord Mayor of London at Smithfield in front of the fourteen-year-old Richard II, is not known by a surname at all: Tyler is his trade, recorded as a description. The name's use as a forename is a twentieth-century American development that peaked hard in the 1990s. President John Tyler is the other well-known bearer, and remarkably had a grandson alive into the 2020s, three generations spanning from 1790.
Tyler in use
Tyler ranks 151st in Scotland with 31 births in 2024 and 220th in the United States with 1,734 births, its largest market. It is falling in our data from a peak in 1994, and our records carry it from 1880. It appears in every market we hold, including 432nd in France with 110 births — unusual reach for an English trade name.
How popular is Tyler?
In 2025, Tyler was given to 1,734 babies in the United States, ranking #220 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Tyler is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Tyler
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Tyler also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Tyler over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Tyler in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
- Other forms
- Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
- Tylor
Sibling names for Tyler
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Tyler — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Tyler
What does the name Tyler mean?
Tyler means "one who lays tiles," from the Latin tegula, a roof tile.
Was Wat Tyler's name Tyler?
It was his trade, recorded as a description rather than a surname.
Is toga related?
Yes — both go back to tegere, to cover.
How popular is Tyler?
151st in Scotland and 220th in the United States.
Is Tyler a girl's or a boy's name?
Tyler is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.
How many syllables are in Tyler?
Tyler has 2 syllables.
Is Tyler a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Tyler currently ranks #151 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.