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Tyler

boy name
Origin
English
Syllables
2
Peak era
1990s
Today
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Meaning

roof tiler

Goes by Ty. See all nicknames

The story

Tyler has an unexpected connection to the Spanish word teja and the Portuguese telha. All lead back, by different routes, to Latin tegula, a roof tile. The English name came through an occupational surname for a person who tiled roofs, with Old English tigele in its word history. A trade became a surname, and the surname became something a child could be called. The material behind it was quite tangible: the British Museum holds a medieval roof-tile fragment from Stanion with green glaze still on it. That small object gives the old occupation color and texture. Today Tyler can shorten to Ty, while its longer form keeps the trace of the work it once named. For a family using English alongside Spanish or Portuguese, the familiar roof words offer a quiet connection hidden inside it.

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How popular is Tyler around the world?

In the United States, 13,918 babies were named Tyler between 2020 and 2025. In South Australia, 42 boys were registered as Tyler in 2017.

Tyler is on the official records of the United States, South Australia, Scotland, New Zealand, Canada, Ireland, England and Wales, France, Austria, Montevideo, Chile, Argentina, Mexico City, Spain and Brazil.

United States

1 in 1,600

In the United States, 13,918 babies were named Tyler between 2020 and 2025.

1890speak 1990s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Tyler peaked in the 1990s. Tyler went to 5,377 US babies in 2015 and 1,734 in 2025, 32% of the earlier figure.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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South Australia

1 in 440 · 2017

In South Australia, 42 boys were registered as Tyler in 2017.

1960peak 2011

share of that year’s name registrations

Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names

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Scotland

1 in 1,500

In Scotland, 31 boys named Tyler were registered in 2024, the 148th most common name among boys that year.

1974peak 2012

share of that year’s name registrations

Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names

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New Zealand

1 in 1,700

In New Zealand, 33 boys named Tyler were registered in 2025.

1980peak 19972025

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time

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Canada

1 in 1,800

In Canada, 203 boys named Tyler were born in 2024, the 166th most common name among boys that year.

peak 19932024

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)

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Ireland

1 in 2,200

In Ireland, 25 boys named Tyler were born in 2025, the 188th most common name among boys that year.

1990peak 20122025

share of that year’s name registrations

Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names

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England and Wales

1 in 3,400

In England and Wales, 171 boys named Tyler were born in 2025, the 265th most common name among boys that year.

1996peak 20122025

share of that year’s name registrations

Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales

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France

1 in 5,900

In France, about 110 boys named Tyler were born in 2025, the 427th most common name among boys that year.

1990peak 2016

share of that year’s births on record

Births in France by year of birth, from INSEE’s fichier des prénoms (1900–2025; Mayotte from 2012); exact spellings count separately (Léo and Leo are different names), any spelling under 3 in a year and sex is withheld at source, every count is rounded to the nearest 5 at source, and nametree keeps the spellings that reached 20 in some year. Shares divide by INSEE’s count of births in France from 1957, and before that by the file’s own total for the year; INSEE says the file is not complete before 1946. Source: Insee, fichier des prénoms (last updated 2026-07-16)

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Austria

1 in 11,000

In Austria, 7 boys named Tyler were born in 2025, the 594th most common name among boys that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.

2000peak 20132025

share of that year’s births on record

Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)

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Montevideo City

1 in 12,000 · 2011

In Montevideo, 2 boys named Tyler were born in 2011, spelling variants counted together.
The count never rose above 2 in a year, too few to chart.

Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial

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Chile

1 in 15,000

In Chile, 12 boys were registered as Tyler in 2021, every accent spelling counted together.

1980peak 2021

share of that year’s name registrations

First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021

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Argentina

1 in 23,000

In Argentina, 29 newborns were given the name Tyler in 2024.

2012peak 2022

share of that year’s name registrations

Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024

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Mexico City City

1 in 120,000

In Mexico City, there was 1 registration of Tyler in 2022.

2000peak 20122022

share of that year’s registrations in the city

Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023, a partial extract through 3 Mar with no cell on record for this name, is excluded. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023

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Spain

1 in 190,000

In Spain, 235 residents are named Tyler, ranked 4,094th among men, with a mean age of 8.8 years.

Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025

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Brazil

1 in 250,000

At the 2022 census, 906 people in Brazil were named Tyler, ranked 8,856th, with a median age of 3.
Among people named Tyler living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2010s than in any other decade.

1990speak 2010s

people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth

The census also counted 531 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart. People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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New South Wales

outside the top 100

Tyler is not in the 2025 top 100 for New South Wales.

1990peak 20102025

share of that year’s top-100 registrations

New South Wales (not all of Australia) publishes only each year’s 100 most popular names per sex, so a missing year means below that top 100, not rare. Source: NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, popular baby names

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Poland

last on record 2023

Tyler is not on the 2025 record for Poland, where names given fewer than 2 times in a year are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.

First names given to children born in Poland by year of birth, 2000–2025, from the PESEL population register (Ministry of Digital Affairs); exact spellings count separately (Łukasz and Lukasz are different names), names given fewer than 5 times in a year were left off the list through 2012 and fewer than 2 times from 2013, and the register also counts children born abroad, so its yearly sums run above Poland’s live births. Shares divide by the register’s own published total for the year, never by births. Source: Ministry of Digital Affairs, PESEL register (dane.gov.pl)

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Puerto Rico

last on record 2021

Tyler is not on the 2025 record for Puerto Rico, which withholds births under 5, and 7 babies have carried the name there since 1998.
The count never rose above 7 in a year, too few to chart.

First given name only, from Social Security records of births in Puerto Rico; any name-sex-year under 5 births is withheld at source. Shares divide by the Puerto Rico Demographic Registry’s count of births on the island; the 2025 count is provisional. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, territory name file (Puerto Rico)

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Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.

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When you meet Tyler

Most people given the name Tyler in the United States were born between 1990 and 2009. The Tyler you meet today is most often in his 20s or 30s.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

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