Rank 2025
#2,322
among girls · ↓456 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
79
named Shyla · -27% vs 2024
How common
1 in 20,345
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2008
365 babies
All-time total
8,026
#1,906 all-time among girls
First recorded
1942
in Social Security records
By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal
footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.
Where Shyla is most popular
Girls named Shyla per 1,000 girls born in
each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.071 per 1,000.
Strongest in California, North Carolina, and New Jersey.
Vs national average well below below near national above well above no data
All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Shyla born
2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes
comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.
State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any
state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.
The story of Shyla
Shyla is rare for girls in the United States, ranked #2,322 in 2025 with 79 babies given the name. It is currently declining compared with a decade ago.
Since 1942, 8,026 American babies have been named Shyla. Its peak came in 2008, when 365 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2000s.
The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Shyla stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.
