Male name
Tyler
44,067 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 2012. Expression number: 8.
Origin
From Middle English Tyler, Tylere, Tygler, Tygheler, Tyghelere, Tyghelare, Tygelere, from Middle English tiler, tylere, tylare, tylier (“tiler”).From Wiktionary, entry “Tyler”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In England and Wales
Peak in 2012: 3,135 births. 44,067 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. At its peak, it ranked 21st among boys' names in 2012. It is given to girls (4%) as well as boys (96%). It is still given: 1,288 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
In the United States
Peak in 1994: 31,536 births. 621,493 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1990s and 2000s. At its peak, it ranked 5th among boys' names in 1993. It really came into use around 1912. It is still given: 10,975 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
In Ireland
Peak in 2012: 195 births. 1,583 births from 1964 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2010s. At its peak, it ranked 45th among boys' names in 2012. It really came into use around 2005. It is still given: 175 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Central Statistics Office, Irish Babies' Names, CC BY 4.0.
Elsewhere in the world
The name in the birth records of the 10 countries we track. The period covered varies from country to country.
| Country | Births | Period | Best rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 3,105 | 1900–2025 | — |
| Quebec | 2,759 | 1980–2025 | 65th in 2021 |
| Switzerland | 385* | 1915–2025 | — |
| Austria | 268 | 1984–2025 | — |
| Berlin | 230 | 2012–2023 | — |
| Belgium | 40 | 2014–2023 | — |
* These are the people living in the country, counted by year of birth, not the number of births.
Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms, Etalab Open Licence 2.0; Retraite Québec, Banque de prénoms, CC BY 4.0; Federal Statistical Office, First names of the population by year of birth, free use with attribution; Statistik Austria, Vornamen, CC BY 4.0; Open Data Berlin, Häufige Vornamen, CC BY 3.0 DE (every name a child carries, not only the first); Statbel, first names of newborns, CC BY 4.0 (one total for the whole period, no yearly breakdown).
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
8
power, achievement, your relationship with money
2 + 7 + 3 + 5 + 9 = 26 → 8
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
3
expression, creativity, sociability
7 + 5 = 12 → 3
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
5
freedom, change, movement
2 + 3 + 9 = 14 → 5
- Digits missing from the name
- 1, 4, 6, 8
- Most frequent digit
- 2 · cooperation, sensitivity, connection
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.