Given name & surname
Skylar
“one who is learned; a scholar”
Skylar is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “one who is learned; a scholar.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “one who is learned; a scholar.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1959. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Skylar through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 105,716
- 18,274 boys · 87,442 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 5,653 babies
- 2025
- 1,931
- #167 for girls · #1,537 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −42%
- Cooling
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 5% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 1,818 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 167 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 41.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 5,295 in 2015. It also appeared in 113 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (155). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 77,387 as a first name in 2020; 145 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Skylar’s family of names
Skylar has a related form in Skyler. In English usage, Skylar has a related form in Skyler. Skylar has a related form in Skylor.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Skylervariant · English, French
- Schuylervariant
- Skyylarlikely variant
- Skyllarlikely variant
- Skylurvariant
- Skylirvariant
- Skylorvariant
- Skylarrvariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Skylar
- Skylar GreyAmerican singerborn 1986
- Skylar AstinAmerican actorborn 1987
- Skylar DigginsAmerican basketball player (born 1990)
- Skylar ParkCanadian taekwondoinborn 1999
- Skylar MaysAmerican basketball player (born 1997)
- Skylar SimoneAmerican singer and songwriter (born 2002)
- Skylar ThompsonAmerican football player (born 1997)
- Skylar SchneiderAmerican cyclistborn 1998
- Skylar LaineAmerican singerborn 1994
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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