Girls' name · since 2017
Scylla
Since 2017, U.S. Social Security records show 40 babies named Scylla, peaking in 2022. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #37,663 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,971 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 40
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Scylla is the #12971 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 40 recorded since 2017.
Social Security Administration records show Scylla recorded 40 times among girls since 2017, holding rank #12971 nationally today, ahead of 25% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2017 to 2025.
- #37,663 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,971 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 40 born since 2017
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Scylla ranks #37,663 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,971 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 40 born since 2017, peaking in the 2020s.
- #37,663 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,971 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 40
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
Scylla's 40 recorded births place it above 47.83% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Scylla compares
40 13th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Scylla's all-time total is 89% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Scylla | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 40 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 21 | 19,840 |
Scylla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Scylla's full recorded timeline at 2023, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2017, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Scylla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Scylla by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (30 births, 75% of the file).
2020s was Scylla's strongest decade.
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 75% of all-time use.
Scylla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 10
2010s
10 births
- 2020s
2020s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 30 births (75% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Scylla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~8 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, 2017–2025 (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 Scylla 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.