Skylar
Skylar is classified as a mostly female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.
- Verdict
- Mostly female
- Confidence
- High (source weight of at least 64; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- United States
- US records 1880–2017
- 16,954 male / 62,412 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Skylar
If you do not know Skylar’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Skylar,” in English, “Guten Tag Skylar,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Ready-made greetings in six languages
English
Dear Skylar,
German
Guten Tag Skylar,
French
Bonjour Skylar,
Spanish
Estimado/a Skylar:
Chinese
Skylar您好：
Japanese
Skylar様
English
Hi Skylar,
German
Hi Skylar,
French
Salut Skylar,
Spanish
Hola Skylar,
Chinese
Skylar你好：
Japanese
Skylarさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually |
|---|---|---|
| United States | very common | unisex name |
United States birth data
16,954 male · 62,412 female · 79,366 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 21.2% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Skylar a male or female name?
Skylar is classified as a mostly female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
How do I address Skylar in an email?
If you do not know Skylar’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Skylar,” in English, “Guten Tag Skylar,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Is Skylar a unisex name?
Skylar is classified as generally female in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.
Related names
Sources
Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.
DearWho, "Is Skylar a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/skylar. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_skylar,
title = {Is Skylar a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/skylar},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}