Spellings
Skylar or Skyler?
In the US in 2025, 71% of babies in this name family were spelled Skylar and 29% Skyler. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.
Ten years ago
Skylar already led in 2015, with 82% of the family's births; it has 81% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 6,421 to 2,240 births (−65%).
| Spelling | 2015 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skylar | 5,295 | 1,818 | −66% |
| Skyler | 1,126 | 422 | −63% |
How they sound
All of these spellings are said the same way: /ˈskaɪlər/ (SKY-lur). So the choice is about how it looks: it is the spelling people will read on a birth card, a name tag or an email address, and the one your child will sometimes spell out.
In France
In France in 2025: Skyler 5 births. The other spellings are not given there often enough to be counted.
Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.
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