Shyla
#2,298 for girls in 2025, 79 births
- Peak · girls
- 2008 · 365 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 8,026since 1942
Shyla over time
Rank among girls' names. Shyla has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,298 | 79 |
| 2024 | #1,852 | 108 |
| 2023 | #1,709 | 120 |
| 2022 | #1,659 | 127 |
| 2021 | #1,476 | 145 |
| 2020 | #1,362 | 160 |
| 2019 | #1,833 | 111 |
| 2018 | #1,840 | 110 |
| 2017 | #1,842 | 111 |
| 2016 | #1,841 | 112 |
| 2015 | #1,448 | 159 |
| 2014 | #1,427 | 159 |
| 2013 | #1,248 | 191 |
| 2012 | #1,096 | 225 |
| 2011 | #999 | 252 |
| 2010 | #873 | 304 |
| 2009 | #806 | 352 |
| 2008 | #797 | 365 |
| 2007 | #816 | 352 |
| 2006 | #918 | 288 |
| 2005 | #1,037 | 231 |
| 2004 | #1,067 | 216 |
| 2003 | #1,075 | 206 |
| 2002 | #1,154 | 179 |
| 2001 | #1,059 | 201 |
| 2000 | #1,081 | 191 |
| 1999 | #971 | 213 |
| 1998 | #1,088 | 178 |
| 1997 | #1,026 | 187 |
| 1996 | #1,064 | 174 |
| 1995 | #1,153 | 151 |
| 1994 | #1,229 | 142 |
| 1993 | #1,336 | 125 |
| 1992 | #1,329 | 126 |
| 1991 | #1,297 | 128 |
| 1990 | #1,439 | 109 |
| 1989 | #1,461 | 100 |
| 1988 | #1,446 | 95 |
| 1987 | #1,387 | 97 |
| 1986 | #1,562 | 77 |
| 1985 | #1,632 | 72 |
| 1984 | #1,616 | 68 |
| 1983 | #1,485 | 77 |
| 1982 | #1,164 | 119 |
| 1981 | #1,515 | 79 |
| 1980 | #1,542 | 76 |
| 1979 | #1,569 | 73 |
| 1978 | #1,653 | 64 |
| 1977 | #1,801 | 56 |
| 1976 | #2,210 | 38 |
| 1975 | #2,023 | 43 |
| 1974 | #2,172 | 37 |
| 1973 | #1,832 | 46 |
| 1972 | #2,093 | 37 |
| 1971 | #2,599 | 28 |
| 1970 | #4,246 | 13 |
| 1969 | #3,199 | 18 |
| 1968 | #4,222 | 11 |
| 1967 | #3,340 | 15 |
| 1966 | #4,198 | 10 |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 |
| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 |
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| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 |
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| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 |
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| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 |
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| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 |
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| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 |
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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 2021
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Washington#785 · 1 in 3,690
- Missouri#836 · 1 in 4,122
- Arizona#928 · 1 in 4,622
- California#1,039 · 1 in 6,464
- Virginia#1,176 · 1 in 6,916
Best ever in a state: #77 in Hawaii, 2005.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | #785 | 8 | 1 in 3,690 |
| Missouri | #836 | 6 | 1 in 4,122 |
| Arizona | #928 | 6 | 1 in 4,622 |
| California | #1,039 | 27 | 1 in 6,464 |
| Virginia | #1,176 | 5 | 1 in 6,916 |
| Florida | #1,196 | 11 | 1 in 7,600 |
| New Jersey | #1,199 | 5 | 1 in 7,285 |
| North Carolina | #1,232 | 6 | 1 in 7,513 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,413 | 5 | 1 in 9,757 |
| Ohio | #1,459 | 5 | 1 in 9,721 |
| New York | #1,675 | 7 | 1 in 11,607 |
| Texas | #2,012 | 10 | 1 in 15,548 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1942
- Peaked 2008 at #797 (365 births)
- Births halved by 2014, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 2006–2011
- 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%)
- 32.2% of all girls named Shyla (2,581) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 19 | #3,738 (1942) | #4,413 |
| 1950s | 39 | #5,208 (1955) | #5,451 |
| 1960s | 86 | #3,199 (1969) | #4,812 |
| 1970s | 435 | #1,569 (1979) | #2,220 |
| 1980s | 860 | #1,164 (1982) | #1,481 |
| 1990s | 1,533 | #971 (1999) | #1,193 |
| 2000s | 2,581 | #797 (2008) | #981 |
| 2010s | 1,734 | #873 (2010) | #1,445 |
| 2020s | 739 | #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 2021
Top girls' names in 2021
More about 2021
girls
1,640,861 girls got a published name in 2021; 1 in 11,316 of them was named Shyla, which outranked 91.6% of the 17,676 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,469Rebeca146
- #1,469Shoshana146
- #1,469Suri146
- #1,476Shyla145
- #1,476Althea145
- #1,476Aryah145
- #1,476Ivey145
- #1,484Ailyn144
- #1,484Breanna144
- #1,484Ester144
Tied with 7 names at #1,476; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.