Girls' name · since 1945
Gyla
24 babies named Gyla in U.S. Social Security records since 1945, with the highest year being 1956. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #43,583 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 24
- born since 1945
- 1950s
- peak decade
Gyla is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 24 have been recorded since 1945.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gyla has been recorded 24 times among girls since 1945, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1950s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1945 to 1957.
- #43,583 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 24 born since 1945
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gyla ranks #43,583 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 24 born since 1945, peaking in the 1950s.
- #43,583 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 24
- born since 1945
- 1950s
- peak decade
Gyla's 24 recorded births place it above 39.32% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Gyla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Gyla's full recorded timeline at 1956, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1945, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1956 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Gyla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1945–1957
- Peak year (1956)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Gyla by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (19 births, 79% of the file).
1950s was Gyla's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 79% of all-time use.
Gyla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 19 births (79% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Gyla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1956)
Similar record span (~12 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, 1945–1957 (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 Gyla 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.