Shayla — #1808 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Shayla

The Social Security Administration has registered 30,817 babies named Shayla between 1950 and 2024, spanning 75 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shayla currently holds the #1808 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 1,187 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shayla performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 9,567 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Shayla shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 2,676 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Shayla in 50 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shayla 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 30,817 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.