Shyla Girl
How popular is Shyla?
#2,298 girl name in 2025
79 baby girls were named Shyla in the US in 2025, making it the 2298th most popular girl name.
Shyla popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,298 for girls (▼ 446 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 79 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-50% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,448 in 2015, #1,362 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2008 (365 girls) |
| Highest rank | #797 in 2008 |
| First recorded | 1942 |
| 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 |
Shyla counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Shyla family of names ranked #1,376 for girls in 2025 (#1,242 the year before), with 122 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Shyla | 79 | 65% |
| Shylah | 23 | 19% |
| Shilah | 20 | 16% |
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 Shyla is most popular
Babies named Shyla per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (93 girls)
- North Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (21 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.1 per 1,000 (16 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (37 girls)
- Arizona: 0.1 per 1,000 (12 girls)
Shyla by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 19 | #3,736 |
| 1950s | 39 | #5,207 |
| 1960s | 86 | #3,198 |
| 1970s | 435 | #1,569 |
| 1980s | 860 | #1,164 |
| 1990s | 1,533 | #969 |
| 2000s | 2,581 | #797 |
| 2010s | 1,734 | #873 |
| 2020s | 739 | #1,362 |
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Questions
- Is Shyla a boy or girl name?
- Shyla is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Shyla were girls.
- How popular is the name Shyla?
- 79 baby girls were named Shyla in the US in 2025, making it the 2298th most popular girl name.
- When was Shyla most popular?
- Shyla peaked in 2008, when 365 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #797 in 2008.
- How many people are named Shyla?
- 8,026 babies have been named Shyla in the US since 1880. We estimate about 7,897 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 21.
- Where is Shyla most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Shyla was most common in California, at 0.1 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.