Over the past 110 years, 15 602 boys and 69 923 girls have been named Skylar. The name Skylar ranks 786th in the United States among the most common names for boys. For the first time more than ten times newborns were named Skylar in 1979. The peak of popularity of the name Skylar came in the 1990s and 2000s. You can see absolute numbers and relative numbers on the chart. Indicators per 100K more accurately assess the popularity of the name.