Girls' name · since 1916
Guyla
Guyla has 455 recorded births since 1916 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1954 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,536 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 455
- born since 1916
- 1950s
- peak decade
Guyla is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 455 have been recorded since 1916.
Guyla has 455 recorded births among girls since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 1969.
- #12,536 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 455 born since 1916
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Guyla ranks #12,536 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 455 born since 1916, peaking in the 1950s.
- #12,536 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 455
- born since 1916
- 1950s
- peak decade
Guyla's 455 recorded births place it above 82.65% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Guyla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Guyla's SSA record in two at 1943 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1920, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1954 peak of 18, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Guyla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–1969
- Peak year (1954)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
Guyla by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (122 births, 27% of the file).
1950s was Guyla's strongest decade.
122 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Guyla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 25
1910s
25 births
- 1920s
1920s
68 births
- 1930s
1930s
70 births
- 1940s
1940s
90 births
- 1950s
1950s
122 births
- 1960s
1960s
80 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 122 births (27% of all-time use).
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- Guyla's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (122 total births) through the 1960s (80) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Similar record span (~53 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1916–1969 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Guyla draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.