Shakyla — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shakyla

The Social Security Administration has registered 358 babies named Shakyla between 1988 and 2017, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shakyla currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 35 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shakyla performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 171 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shakyla shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shakyla in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shakyla 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 358 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.