Tyler: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced TY-ler · 2 syllables

Tyler means “tiler”, from English.

From Middle English Tyler, Tylere, Tygler, Tygheler, Tyghelere, Tyghelare, Tygelere, from Middle English tiler, tylere, tylare, tylier (“tiler”).

How popular is Tyler?

Tyler was the #219 name in the US in 2025, given to 1,734 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 69% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1990.

Babies named Tyler in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1990).

Half of US adults named Tyler are older than 31; most are between 19 and 43. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Tyler have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Tyler means “tiler”. It comes from English.

Tyler is pronounced TY-ler.

Tyler was the #219 name in the US in 2025, given to 1,734 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 69% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1990.

Half of US adults named Tyler are older than 31. Most are between 19 and 43.