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Tyler Name Meaning, Origins & History

Tyler

Pronunciation: TY-luhr

Meaning Maker of tiles Origin surnames Gender Boy
BOYS RANK
#220
TREND
29
GIRLS RANK
#1,924
TREND
333
Peak Years
1994, 1993, 1995
Lowest Years
1892, 1884, 1888
Energy Archetype
Sensitive & Diplomatic

Rank shows the name’s position among U.S. baby names for each gender in 2025. Trend shows how many places it rose or fell since 2024. Rank 1 is the most popular. Based on U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) data. Peak and lowest years are based on the number of boys named Tyler in the available records.

Fun Facts About the Name Tyler

  • An all-time favorite: U.S. records show 603,922 boys named Tyler from 1880 through 2025.
  • An established favorite: Tyler held a place in the U.S. top 100 for 36 consecutive years, from 1981 through 2016.
  • More than 621 thousand babies named Tyler: U.S. records list 621,445 babies given the name Tyler from 1880 through 2025. Even 17,523 girls received the name Tyler - about 1 girl for every 34 boys.

What Does the Name Tyler Mean?

Tyler is an English occupational name meaning "tile maker" or "tiler" - a person who made or laid tiles. It comes from the Middle English tyler, also spelled tiler, which descends from the Old English tigele, "tile." That word was borrowed from Latin tegula, "a tile," which is related to the verb tegere, "to cover." In medieval England the term described a craftsman who made or laid roof and floor tiles, and the surname Tyler identified someone who did that work.

Tyler Name History & Origins

Tyler began as an English surname. Family names taken from trades became hereditary in England during the later Middle Ages, so a man known as Tyler was identified by the craft of making or laying tiles. The name appears in medieval records; the best-known medieval bearer is Wat Tyler, one of the leaders of the Peasants' Revolt of 1381.

English emigrants carried the surname to North America. John Tyler, tenth president of the United States, serving from 1841 to 1845, belonged to a Virginia family of that name. Tyler's use as a first name grew out of its use as a family name in the United States, and it became established as a male given name in English-speaking countries; it is also sometimes given to girls.

How Popular is the Name Tyler?

Tyler remained among the top 100 boy names in the U.S. from 1981 to 2016. Its highest annual birth count was in 1994, and people born that year turn 32 in 2026.

U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.

Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.

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How the Name Tyler Shapes Your Personality and Life?

You like to control everyone within your influence, to shape things to your own liking. If positive, you develop high spirituality, as you have a God's protection. You are sensitive, affectionate, imaginative and cooperative, spiritually aware and prone to self-sacrifice. You can keep secrets and are a good diplomat. You may have healing and psychic powers. You are inventive, intuitive and extremely methodical. Since your will is so strong, you are hard to convince. You also dislike advice. You love beauty and philosophy, and you desire achievement. You have a strong need for freedom - physical, mental and spiritual.

Position and social status is very important for you and you are always looking for way to improve your position in society. You have power and ability to chose your own destiny and achieve anything you want in life. You can expand in any direction according to your will and the set of values. You have passion for justice and belong to the position of authority. You have an inherent courage and endurance to accomplish "The Impossible Dream". With the power comes responsibility. You hold keys to the material world, but with this gift comes high spiritual responsibility to be fair and true to others. You are philosophical and mature, determined and intense with a desire to endure, often religious.

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