Shyla

#2,298 for girls in 2025, 79 births

Peak · girls
2008 · 365 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
8,026
since 1942

Shyla over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Shyla has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202009peak #797, 2008girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#2,29879
2024#1,852108
2023#1,709120
2022#1,659127
2021#1,476145
2020#1,362160
2019#1,833111
2018#1,840110
2017#1,842111
2016#1,841112
2015#1,448159
2014#1,427159
2013#1,248191
2012#1,096225
2011#999252
2010#873304
2009#806352
2008#797365
2007#816352
2006#918288
2005#1,037231
2004#1,067216
2003#1,075206
2002#1,154179
2001#1,059201
2000#1,081191
1999#971213
1998#1,088178
1997#1,026187
1996#1,064174
1995#1,153151
1994#1,229142
1993#1,336125
1992#1,329126
1991#1,297128
1990#1,439109
1989#1,461100
1988#1,44695
1987#1,38797
1986#1,56277
1985#1,63272
1984#1,61668
1983#1,48577
1982#1,164119
1981#1,51579
1980#1,54276
1979#1,56973
1978#1,65364
1977#1,80156
1976#2,21038
1975#2,02343
1974#2,17237
1973#1,83246
1972#2,09337
1971#2,59928
1970#4,24613
1969#3,19918
1968#4,22211
1967#3,34015
1966#4,19810
1965#5,2897
1964#5,4747
1963#5,8916
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1961#5,3097
1960#6,3905
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1958#5,4086
1957#5,3776
1956#5,3256
1955#5,2086
1954#5,7535
1953#5,6735
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1947#5,2955
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First appearance
1942

The first year at least five girls were named Shyla! It came in at #3,738, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1943–1947, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Shyla is popular in 2009

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Shyla, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Shyla, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Shyla, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Shyla, so not publishedNHWashington: #591 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,851 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Shyla, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Shyla, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Shyla, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #548 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,755 girlsMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Shyla, so not publishedILWisconsin: #867 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,902 girlsWIMichigan: #625 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,562 girlsMINew York: #959 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 5,923 girlsNYMassachusetts: #816 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,249 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Shyla, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Shyla, so not publishedORNevada: #557 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,292 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Shyla, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Shyla, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Shyla, so not publishedIAIndiana: #942 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,283 girlsINOhio: #1,114 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,778 girlsOHPennsylvania: #994 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 6,829 girlsPANew Jersey: #768 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,258 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Shyla, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #881 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 5,197 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Shyla, so not publishedUTColorado: #698 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,406 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Shyla, so not publishedNEMissouri: #437 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,155 girlsMOKentucky: #446 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,143 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Shyla, so not publishedWVVirginia: #743 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,077 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Shyla, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Shyla, so not publishedDEArizona: #498 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,235 girlsAZNew Mexico: #449 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,604 girlsNMKansas: #608 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,752 girlsKSArkansas: #374 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,475 girlsARTennessee: #548 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,774 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #769 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 4,220 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Shyla, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Shyla, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #637 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,870 girlsOKLouisiana: #436 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,878 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Shyla, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Shyla, so not publishedALGeorgia: #1,113 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 6,340 girlsGAHawaii: #169 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 481 girlsHITexas: #1,395 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 9,804 girlsTXFlorida: #708 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 3,921 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Hawaii#169 · 1 in 481
  2. Arkansas#374 · 1 in 1,475
  3. Louisiana#436 · 1 in 1,878
  4. Missouri#437 · 1 in 2,155
  5. Kentucky#446 · 1 in 2,143

Best ever in a state: #77 in Hawaii, 2005.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#16971 in 481
Arkansas#37481 in 1,475
Louisiana#436111 in 1,878
Missouri#437131 in 2,155
Kentucky#44691 in 2,143
New Mexico#44951 in 1,604
Arizona#498151 in 2,235
Minnesota#54891 in 2,755
Tennessee#548111 in 2,774
Nevada#55751 in 2,292
Washington#591111 in 2,851
Kansas#60851 in 2,752
Michigan#625121 in 3,562
Oklahoma#63761 in 2,870
Colorado#69871 in 3,406
Florida#708211 in 3,921
Virginia#74391 in 4,077
New Jersey#76891 in 4,258
North Carolina#769111 in 4,220
Massachusetts#81651 in 5,249
Wisconsin#86751 in 4,902
California#881421 in 5,197
Indiana#94261 in 5,283
New York#959161 in 5,923
Pennsylvania#99481 in 6,829
Georgia#1,11381 in 6,340
Ohio#1,11471 in 7,778
Texas#1,395171 in 9,804
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Shyla
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 446 spots since 2024 (#1,852#2,298)
  • 936 spots since 2020 (#1,362#2,298)
  • 850 spots since 2015 (#1,448#2,298)
  • Biggest jump: 119 spots in 2006 (#1,037#918)
  • Biggest drop: 126 spots in 2011 (#873#999)
Rise & fade · girls
66 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1942
  • Peaked 2008 at #797 (365 births)
  • Births halved by 2014, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 7 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 2006–2011
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,181
  • Highest: 1 in 5,181 girls born in 2008 were named Shyla (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 20,345 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 32.2% of all girls named Shyla (2,581) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s19#3,738 (1942)#4,413
1950s39#5,208 (1955)#5,451
1960s86#3,199 (1969)#4,812
1970s435#1,569 (1979)#2,220
1980s860#1,164 (1982)#1,481
1990s1,533#971 (1999)#1,193
2000s2,581#797 (2008)#981
2010s1,734#873 (2010)#1,445
2020s739#1,362 (2020)#1,726

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Shyla in 2009

girls
#806
352 births · 1 in 5,219 girls

Top girls' names in 2009

  1. #1Isabella22,321
  2. #2Emma17,910
  3. #3Olivia17,444
  4. #4Sophia16,951
  5. #5Ava15,877
  6. #6Emily15,366
  7. #7Madison15,257
  8. #8Abigail14,401
  9. #9Chloe11,922
  10. #10Mia11,438
  11. #806Shyla352
More about 2009

girls

1,837,114 girls got a published name in 2009; 1 in 5,219 of them was named Shyla, which outranked 96.0% of the 20,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Shyla
  1. #799Monserrat354
  2. #804Jamya353
  3. #804Janet353
  4. #806Shyla352
  5. #807Marianna351
  6. #808Mira350
  7. #808Shyanne350
Biggest movers since 2008
Risers
  1. 4,137Taraji#5,013#876
  2. 2,107Bristol#2,773#666
  3. 836Analia#1,167#331
  4. 773Harlow#1,677#904
  5. 610Maliah#1,405#795
Fallers
  1. 1,450Dayami#754#2,204
  2. 953Mareli#723#1,676
  3. 773Mylie#839#1,612
  4. 517Marely#334#851
  5. 515Hillary#722#1,237

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2009