Schuyler
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Schuyler is a name of Germanic origin, meaning “scholar, student”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Schuyler mean?
Germanic
“scholar, student”
A unisex given name transferred from the surname [in turn from Dutch], of 19th century and later usage.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Schuyler a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Schuyler has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls and 6 boys in the US.
How popular is Schuyler in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,690th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Schuyler, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 1993, with 129 boys. 9 girls were also named Schuyler in 2025 (10,104th for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Schuyler than any year since 1913.
Half of all the boys named Schuyler in the US since 1880 were born between 1972 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 23% of the babies named Schuyler in the US in 1948, and 48% in 2019.
Schuyler in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,336 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 22 | #4,462 |
| 2016 | 25 | #4,097 |
| 2015 | 26 | #3,980 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 24 | #4,062 |
| 2012 | 36 | #3,113 |
| 2011 | 37 | #3,045 |
| 2010 | 40 | #2,913 |
| 2009 | 36 | #3,161 |
| 2008 | 29 | #3,643 |
| 2007 | 34 | #3,248 |
| 2006 | 47 | #2,541 |
| 2005 | 61 | #2,031 |
| 2004 | 66 | #1,853 |
| 2003 | 60 | #1,932 |
| 2002 | 64 | #1,789 |
| 2001 | 85 | #1,448 |
| 2000 | 83 | #1,475 |
| 1999 | 89 | #1,339 |
| 1998 | 117 | #1,093 |
| 1997 | 125 | #1,014 |
| 1996 | 109 | #1,099 |
| 1995 | 123 | #996 |
| 1994 | 128 | #972 |
| 1993 | 129 | #943 |
| 1992 | 116 | #1,007 |
| 1991 | 128 | #932 |
| 1990 | 111 | #996 |
| 1989 | 112 | #959 |
| 1988 | 106 | #928 |
| 1987 | 98 | #950 |
| 1986 | 88 | #982 |
| 1985 | 108 | #875 |
| 1984 | 77 | #1,011 |
| 1983 | 64 | #1,120 |
| 1982 | 110 | #845 |
| 1981 | 73 | #1,068 |
| 1980 | 41 | #1,496 |
| 1979 | 24 | #2,104 |
| 1978 | 30 | #1,760 |
| 1977 | 25 | #1,948 |
| 1976 | 31 | #1,676 |
| 1975 | 25 | #1,883 |
| 1974 | 19 | #2,197 |
| 1973 | 26 | #1,736 |
| 1972 | 28 | #1,648 |
| 1971 | 18 | #2,202 |
| 1970 | 21 | #1,938 |
| 1969 | 12 | #2,548 |
| 1968 | 19 | #1,835 |
| 1967 | 20 | #1,757 |
| 1966 | 19 | #1,756 |
| 1965 | 15 | #2,083 |
| 1964 | 15 | #2,113 |
| 1963 | 17 | #1,956 |
| 1962 | 19 | #1,851 |
| 1961 | 26 | #1,569 |
| 1960 | 24 | #1,657 |
| 1959 | 19 | #1,864 |
| 1958 | 21 | #1,723 |
| 1957 | 24 | #1,633 |
| 1956 | 22 | #1,675 |
| 1955 | 19 | #1,790 |
| 1954 | 14 | #2,113 |
| 1953 | 20 | #1,708 |
| 1952 | 13 | #2,152 |
| 1951 | 17 | #1,837 |
| 1950 | 22 | #1,571 |
| 1949 | 16 | #1,871 |
| 1948 | 24 | #1,486 |
| 1947 | 21 | #1,645 |
| 1946 | 16 | #1,812 |
| 1945 | 9 | #2,392 |
| 1944 | 11 | #2,194 |
| 1943 | 18 | #1,698 |
| 1942 | 15 | #1,867 |
| 1941 | 15 | #1,821 |
| 1940 | 16 | #1,736 |
| 1939 | 11 | #2,159 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,326 |
| 1937 | 8 | #2,680 |
| 1936 | 8 | #2,628 |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,246 |
| 1934 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,541 |
| 1932 | 14 | #1,995 |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,207 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,443 |
| 1929 | 8 | #2,978 |
| 1928 | 15 | #2,048 |
| 1927 | 21 | #1,692 |
| 1926 | 16 | #1,981 |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,586 |
| 1924 | 15 | #2,132 |
| 1923 | 26 | #1,460 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1921 | 14 | #2,264 |
| 1920 | 18 | #1,885 |
| 1919 | 17 | #1,881 |
| 1918 | 21 | #1,647 |
| 1917 | 20 | #1,642 |
| 1916 | 15 | #1,948 |
| 1915 | 15 | #1,877 |
| 1914 | 11 | #1,974 |
| 1913 | 5 | #2,820 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,044 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,216 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,252 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,204 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 7 | #857 |
| 1900 | 9 | #901 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 6 | #981 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,034 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,065 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 5 | #994 |
| 1889 | 5 | #973 |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 5 | #959 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 5 | #891 |
| 1882 | 5 | #942 |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 5 | #909 |
Names like Schuyler
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Spencer, Christopher, Alexander, Skyler, Samuel, Tyler, Benjamin, Nicholas, Garrett, Joshua, Hunter, Andrew
Names related to Schuyler
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Schuyler: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/schuyler, updated 20 October 2026.