Shayla

Where Shayla comes from

The dictionaries list Shayla as a given name — a female given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1950
    First appearance
    #5,301 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1969
    Shayla LaVeaux born
    American pornographic actress
  3. 1990
    Shayla Worley born
    American artistic gymnast
  4. 1999
    Peak, #267
    1,188 babies named Shayla — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2011
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #509.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Shayla LaVeaux · American pornographic actress, born 1969
  • Shayla Worley · American artistic gymnast, born 1990
  • Shayla Beesley · actress, born 1988

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.