Shayla Girl
How popular is Shayla?
#1,777 girl name in 2025
113 baby girls were named Shayla in the US in 2025, making it the 1777th most popular girl name.
Shayla popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,777 for girls (▲ 19 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 113 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-68% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #797 in 2015, #1,177 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1999 (1,188 girls) |
| Highest rank | #267 in 1999 |
| First recorded | 1950 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Shayla 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 Shayla is most popular
Babies named Shayla per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Jersey: 0.2 per 1,000 (35 girls)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (48 girls)
- Massachusetts: 0.1 per 1,000 (13 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (80 girls)
- North Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (21 girls)
Shayla by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 46 | #3,695 |
| 1960s | 149 | #2,396 |
| 1970s | 1,649 | #545 |
| 1980s | 5,565 | #361 |
| 1990s | 9,278 | #267 |
| 2000s | 9,567 | #297 |
| 2010s | 3,827 | #445 |
| 2020s | 852 | #1,177 |
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Questions
- Is Shayla a boy or girl name?
- Shayla is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Shayla were girls.
- How popular is the name Shayla?
- 113 baby girls were named Shayla in the US in 2025, making it the 1777th most popular girl name.
- When was Shayla most popular?
- Shayla peaked in 1999, when 1,188 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #267 in 1999.
- How many people are named Shayla?
- 30,950 babies have been named Shayla in the US since 1880. We estimate about 30,427 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 27.
- Where is Shayla most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Shayla was most common in New Jersey, at 0.2 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.