Skylan
Unisex · SKY-lin · Modern
Unisex
Skylan is a name of Modern origin, meaning “sky + lake”. In 2025 it ranked 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
What does Skylan mean?
Modern: spelling of Skylin; blend of Sky and Lynn, or from skyline
“sky + lake”
- Say it
- SKY-lin
Meaning borrowed from Skylin.
Is Skylan a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Skylan has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls and 14 boys in the US.
How popular is Skylan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,837among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Skylan, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,451st. Its busiest year was 2016, with 35 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994. 14 boys were also named Skylan in 2025 (6,140th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Skylan in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 223 girls in the US were given Skylan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #989, up from #6,837 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 53% of the babies named Skylan in the US were girls.
Skylan in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 16 | #6,928 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,459 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 30 | #4,451 |
| 2019 | 33 | #4,259 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,006 |
| 2017 | 22 | #5,657 |
| 2016 | 35 | #4,156 |
| 2015 | 28 | #4,852 |
| 2014 | 23 | #5,623 |
| 2013 | 25 | #5,315 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,932 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
Nicknames for Skylan
- Sky 38 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Skylan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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