Skylar

Skylar is a unisex given name: about 21% of people named Skylar are men and 79% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly femaleHigh

Male 21%Female 79%

Verdict: Mostly female
Male / female split: 21% male / 79% female
Confidence: High (64 or more weighted country observations)
Most common in: United States
US births since 1880: 16,954 male / 62,412 female
Data: nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated: 2026-09-11

How to address Skylar

To address Skylar when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Skylar," in English, "Guten Tag Skylar," in German. About 21% of people named Skylar are men and 79% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

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

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Gender of the name Skylar by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
Country	How common	Usually	Male share
United States	very common	unisex name	21%

United States birth data

16,954 male · 62,412 female · 79,366 births recorded

Male 21%Female 79%

Since 1980: 21% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Skylar a male or female name?

Skylar is a unisex given name: about 21% of people named Skylar are men and 79% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Skylar in an email?

Is Skylar a unisex name?

Skylar is not a unisex name: 21% of people named Skylar are men. Skylar leans strongly female overall.

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, public domain. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. Data built 2026-09-11.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Skylar a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/skylar (accessed 2026-09-11). 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://dearwho.vercel.app/name/skylar},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}