Tyler: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “tile maker”
- Origin
- English
- Say it
- TY-lər · 2 syllables
- Used for
- Boys (97% of all uses)
An English occupational surname for someone who laid or made tiles, later adopted as a given name. It belongs to the modern surname-as-first-name pattern.
How popular is Tyler?
Babies named Tyler in 20242,040
2024 rank#191 boys
Peak year1994
Total US babies since 1880619,711
Tyler is fading: recent use is about 33% of its level ten years before.
Names like Tyler
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Tyler questions
What does the name Tyler mean?
Tyler means "tile maker". It comes from English. An English occupational surname for someone who laid or made tiles, later adopted as a given name. It belongs to the modern surname-as-first-name pattern.
Is Tyler a boy or girl name?
Tyler is mainly a boy's name in US records (97% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Tyler?
2,040 US babies were named Tyler in 2024. Its peak year was 1994.
How do you pronounce Tyler?
Tyler is usually pronounced TY-lər.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.