Given name & surname
Tyler
“tiler of roofs”·“a tiler of roofs”
Tyler is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “tiler of roofs” (English) and “a tiler of roofs” (English). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “tiler of roofs” (English) and “a tiler of roofs” (English). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
It entered given-name use through an existing surname.
The story
Its naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Tyler through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 621,493
- 603,970 boys · 17,523 girls
- Most popular year
- 1994
- 31,536 babies
- 2025
- 1,734
- #220 for boys · #1,924 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −40%
- Cooling
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 1,633 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 220 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 40.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 30,482 in 1994. It also appeared in 101 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (141). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 541,525 as a first name in 2020; 62,380 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.
Tyler’s family of names
In English usage, Tyler has a diminutive in Ty. Tyler has a related form in Tylor. Tyler has a related form in Ty.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Tydiminutive · English
- Tyevariant
- Tylorvariant
- Tylarvariant
- Tylerevariant
- Tilorvariant
- Tilervariant
- Tilarvariant
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Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Tyler
- Tyler, the CreatorAmerican rapper and record producer (born 1991)
- Tyler PerryAmerican actor and filmmaker (born 1969)
- Tyler PoseyAmerican actor, musician (b. 1991)
- Tyler HoechlinAmerican actorborn 1987
- Ty BurrellAmerican actor and comedianborn 1967
- Tyler AdamsAmerican soccer player (born 1999)
- Tyler JosephAmerican singer, rapper and record producerborn 1988
- Tyler BlackettEnglish footballer (born 1994)
- Tyler BlackburnAmerican actor, singer and modelborn 1986
Characters named Tyler: The Narrator (fictional character appearing as the protagonist of the 1996 Chuck Palahniuk novel Fight Club).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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