Tyler is an English occupational surname and means "tiler" or "tile maker", the craftsman who laid roof tiles. President John Tyler and the Tyler of Fight Club kept it in the public eye, and it was one of the defining boys' names of the 1990s. Tyler was number 10 among US boys' names in 2000, still a top 100 name in 2016 and has since slipped to number 220 in 2025.