Shila — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shila

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,080 babies named Shila between 1941 and 2023, spanning 83 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shila currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 28 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shila performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 239 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Shila shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 36 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shila in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shila 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 1,080 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.