Skylur
A combination of "sky" and the name "Skyler", likely implying beauty or associated with the heavens.
Name Census estimates that about 132 living Americans carry the first name Skylur. It appears on both sides of the gender split, with 56.7% of registrations being male. The average person named Skylur today is around 21 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Skylur births was 2015 (17 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Skylur. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
132
~ 1 in 2,596,624 Americans
Peak year
2015
17 babies that year
Average age
21
years old
2015 SSA rank
#10,463
Tracked since 1994
Census
Skylur in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 191 people with the first name Skylur, which placed it at #39,504 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#39,504
National first-name rank
People counted
191
191 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
66.0% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Skylur
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Skylur is White at 66.0%. The next largest groups are Black (18.3%) and Two or More Races (10.5%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Skylur described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Skylur at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White66.0% · 126
- Black or African American18.3% · 35
- Two or more races10.5% · 20
- American Indian and Alaska Native3.1% · 6
- Asian and Pacific Islander1.6% · 3
- Hispanic or Latino0.5% · 1
Gender
Gender distribution for Skylur
Skylur is one of the more evenly split names in the SSA data. Of the 134 total registrations, 76 (56.7%) were male and 58 (43.3%) were female.
Skylur as a male name
- Ranked #10,463 in 2015
- 7 male births in 2015
- Peak: 2008 (10 births)
Skylur as a female name
- Ranked #10,762 in 2015
- 10 female births in 2015
- Peak: 2015 (10 births)
2020 Census snapshot
The 2020 Census sex table shows Skylur on both sides of the split. Of the 189 people counted with this name, 108 were male (57.1%) and 81 were female (42.9%).
Popularity
Skylur: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Skylur from the 1990s through to the 2010s, spanning 3 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2000s, with 53 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2000s peak, Skylur remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Skylur by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Skylur during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Origin
Meaning and history of Skylur
The name Skylur is a modern invented name that has gained popularity in recent decades, particularly in the United States and other English-speaking countries. It is a combination of the words "sky" and "lur," which is believed to be a variation of the Old Norse name "Leifr" or "Leif," meaning "heir" or "descendant."
While the name itself is a relatively new creation, its roots can be traced back to ancient Norse and Germanic cultures. The word "sky" has its origins in the Proto-Germanic word "skiwaz," which meant "cloud" or "cloud cover." This word eventually evolved into the Old Norse word "ský" and the Old English word "scī," both of which referred to the sky or heavens.
One of the earliest recorded individuals with a name similar to Skylur was Leif Erikson, a Norse explorer who is believed to have been the first European to set foot in North America around the year 1000 CE. Erikson's given name, Leif, is thought to be derived from the Old Norse name "Leifr," which means "descendant" or "heir."
Another notable historical figure with a name related to Skylur was Skuli Bárðarson, a 13th-century Icelandic chieftain and Earl of Iceland. Skuli's name is believed to be derived from the Old Norse word "skuggi," meaning "shadow" or "shade."
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the name Skyler began to appear as a variant spelling of the name Schuyler, which was a Dutch surname derived from the name of a town in the Netherlands. One of the earliest recorded individuals with the name Skyler was Skyler James, a Canadian-American actor born in 1948.
As the name Skylur gained popularity in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, it was also used by several notable individuals, including Skylur Wall, an American professional basketball player born in 1990, and Skylur Williams, an American actress born in 1985.
While the name Skylur is a relatively recent invention, its roots can be traced back to ancient Norse and Germanic cultures, and it has been influenced by various linguistic and cultural traditions over the centuries.
People
Skylur + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Skylur as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with S
Other first names starting with S with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Skylur: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Skylur?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 132 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Skylur going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 2,596,624 US residents.
Is Skylur a common name?
We classify Skylur as "Very Rare". It ranks above 68.5% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 134 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Skylur most popular?
The single biggest year for Skylur was 2015, when 17 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Skylur is about 21 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Skylur in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 191 people with the name Skylur, or 0.06 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #39,504 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Skylur in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Skylur?
The 2020 Census sex table shows Skylur on both sides of the split. Of the 189 people counted with this name, 108 were male (57.1%) and 81 were female (42.9%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Skylur?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Skylur is White at 66.0%. The next largest groups are Black (18.3%) and Two or More Races (10.5%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Skylur most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Skylur in the 2020 Census, accounting for 66.0% (126 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Skylur in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Skylur a male name?
Yes, 56.7% of people registered as Skylur in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Skylur still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Skylur in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Skylur can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people have the name Skylur?
HowManyOfMe.org, our sister site, answers that with the living-bearer count in one glance.