Skylen
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- SKY-lin
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Skylen is a name of Modern origin, meaning “sky + lake”. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Skylen mean?
Modern: spelling of Skylin; blend of Sky and Lynn, or from skyline
“sky + lake”
Meaning borrowed from Skylin.
Is Skylen a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Skylen has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls and 12 boys in the US.
How popular is Skylen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,799th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Skylen, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1999. 5 girls were also named Skylen in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Skylen in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Skylen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
Nicknames for Skylen
- Sky 38 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Skylen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden, Braylen, Rayden, Brecken, Raiden, Aiden, Brayden, Sevyn, Callan, Kyaire, Finnegan, Ronan
Names related to Skylen
Skylynn, Skylyn, Skylan, Skylin, Skyelynn, Skyelyn, Skylinn, Skylynne
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
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, “Skylen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/skylen, updated 20 October 2026.