Skylor
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- SKY-ler
- Origin
- Germanic
Skylor is a name of Germanic origin, meaning “scholar”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Skylor mean?
Germanic: spelling of Skyler, from the Dutch surname Schuyler
“scholar”
Respelling of Skyler, from the Dutch surname Schuyler, borne by a prominent colonial New York family.
Is Skylor a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Skylor has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls.
How popular is Skylor in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 33 girls. It first appears in the records in 1990.
Half of all the girls named Skylor in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 26% of the babies named Skylor in the US in 1991, and 44% in 2015.
Skylor in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,014 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 22 | #5,250 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,062 |
| 2000 | 33 | #3,803 |
| 1999 | 19 | #5,418 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,119 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 15 | #5,949 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
Nicknames for Skylor
- Sky 38 girls in the UK in 2025
Names related to Skylor
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, “Skylor: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/skylor, updated 20 October 2026.