Shanyla — #9892 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Shanyla

The Social Security Administration has registered 373 babies named Shanyla between 1999 and 2024, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shanyla currently holds the #9892 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shanyla performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 178 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shanyla shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Shanyla in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shanyla 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 373 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.