Kylar
Feminine
Kylar is given to both — 1,036 girls and 2,046 boys since 1880. See Kylar as a boy nameSee other names given to both
Kylar is Skylar with the S removed, or Kyle with an -ar added — the two derivations amount to the same thing, since what the name is really doing is borrowing a sound that was everywhere in American naming in the 2010s. Its peak, in 2016, sits at the crest of that.
How old is the name Kylar?
Kylar first appears in US birth records in 1991 — 34 years ago. The typical Kylar is a kid of about 11 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,000 people named Kylar are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Kylar most popular?
Kylar peaked in 2016, reaching #2426 nationally. Today it ranks #5238, 2,812 places below that high. See the whole 2016 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Kylar
Watch what happened to one syllable. Skylar entered American girls' naming in the 1990s and climbed hard through the 2000s. Once it was familiar, the -ylar ending detached and went to work: Kylar, Rylar, Tylar, Wylar. At the same time Kyle, an established boys' name, was declining, and its opening was available. Kylar sits exactly where those two movements cross — a used opening and a used ending, joined into something neither had produced before. It is given to both sexes in the American record, more often to boys, and the girls' peak in 2016 comes as the whole -ylar family reached its high point. Nothing older than that is recoverable, and the honest account says so.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source establishes an etymology. Two routes are offered and neither is documented for this name. Kyle is from Scottish Gaelic caol, a narrow strait, a settled reading for Kyle itself. Skylar is a respelling of the Dutch surname Schuyler, from a word meaning scholar or shelter, also settled for Schuyler. Kylar matches the sound of both and descends demonstrably from neither.
Pronouncing Kylar
KY-lar
Two syllables, stress on the first, rhyming with Skylar. The final r is fully pronounced in American speech.
Nicknames for Kylar
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1991
- Most girls named
- 201676 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2426reached in 2016
- Change vs 2024
- −22.6%24 in 2025, from 31
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Kylar in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Georgia, North Carolina.
Kylars among us
people named Kylar are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 66,969 born in 2025 was named Kylar
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Kylar
- #5238
- Kylar on the 2025 chart
- #931
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Kylar went to 24 girls in 2025, but Khylar is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 29, which makes it the 931st most-given girls’ name of the year — 4,307 places above the chart.
- Kylar24
- Khylar5
About 1 girl in 55,423 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 66,969 for Kylar itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Mitzy test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Kylar's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Mitzy climbed just as high around 2000, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Mitzy's path sketches the road Kylar is walking now.
Kylar sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Kylar beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Kylar in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- It is easy to say and to spell after one hearing.
- Ky works as a short form used across many current names.
- It reads immediately as a name despite being new.
- There is no meaning behind it to give a child.
- It is used for both sexes, more often for boys.
- Kylar, Kyler, Kylor and Skylar will all be written for each other.
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Frequently asked
- How many Kylars are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,000 people named Kylar are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Kylar?
- Kylar is the most-used spelling in US records — 24 of the 29 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Khylar.
- How popular is the name Kylar in 2025?
- Kylar ranks #5238 among US girl names in 2025, with 24 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Kylar?
- About 1 in every 66,969 US girls born in 2025 was named Kylar — 24 in all.
- Will my child share the name Kylar with classmates?
- Kylar will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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