Chyla — #8072 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Chyla

The Social Security Administration has registered 433 babies named Chyla between 1976 and 2024, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chyla currently holds the #8072 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1983, when 36 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Chyla performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 125 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Chyla shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Chyla in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Chyla in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 433 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.