Scylla — #13199 US girls' name
33 babies named Scylla in U.S. Social Security records since 2017, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 25% of names given to girls today.
70% of everyone ever named Scylla was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Scylla in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Scylla
The Social Security Administration has registered 33 babies named Scylla between 2017 and 2024, spanning 8 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Scylla currently holds the #13199 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Scylla performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 23 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Scylla shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Scylla 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 33 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.
Scylla at a glance
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Current rank
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Scylla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2017
- Peak year (2022)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 8 years of records
Currently ranks #13199 among girls.
33 total births across 8 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 9 births in a single year.
Scylla by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 23 births that decade — 70% of Scylla's all-time total
Scylla decade highlights
- Peak decade 23 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Scylla's strongest decade
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 70% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2017–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.