Shaila Girl
How popular is Shaila?
#5,098 girl name in 2025
25 baby girls were named Shaila in the US in 2025, making it the 5098th most popular girl name.
Shaila popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #5,098 for girls (▲ 698 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 25 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-66% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,471 in 2015, #3,734 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2010 (241 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,035 in 2010 |
| First recorded | 1960 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Shaila counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Shayla family of names ranked #1,278 for girls in 2025 (#1,265 the year before), with 138 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Shayla | 113 | 82% |
| Shaila | 25 | 18% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Shaila is most popular
Babies named Shaila per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (31 girls)
Shaila by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 42 | #4,197 |
| 1970s | 124 | #3,611 |
| 1980s | 231 | #3,039 |
| 1990s | 545 | #2,067 |
| 2000s | 1,068 | #1,178 |
| 2010s | 1,077 | #1,035 |
| 2020s | 173 | #3,734 |
Girl names about as popular as Shaila
Questions
- Is Shaila a boy or girl name?
- Shaila is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Shaila were girls.
- How popular is the name Shaila?
- 25 baby girls were named Shaila in the US in 2025, making it the 5098th most popular girl name.
- When was Shaila most popular?
- Shaila peaked in 2010, when 241 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,035 in 2010.
- How many people are named Shaila?
- 3,260 babies have been named Shaila in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,218 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 19.
- Where is Shaila most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Shaila was most common in California, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.