Shyla

Where Shyla comes from

A 20th-century coinage, possibly inspired by Sheila.
— Wiktionary's entry for Shyla
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1942
    First appearance
    #3,738 among girls, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1972
    Shyla Foxxx born
    American pornographic actress
  3. 1989
    Shyla Jennings born
    American pornographic actress
  4. 2008
    Peak, #797
    365 babies named Shyla — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2014
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,427.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name originating as a coinage.
Namesakes
  • Shyla Jennings · American pornographic actress, born 1989
  • Shyla Foxxx · American pornographic actress, born 1972
  • Shyla Heal · Australian basketball player, born 2001

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.