Shaila — #5820 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Shaila

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,235 babies named Shaila between 1960 and 2024, spanning 65 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shaila currently holds the #5820 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 241 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shaila performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,077 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Shaila shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 643 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Shaila in 20 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shaila 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 3,235 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.