Girls' name · since 1991
Shykila
18 babies named Shykila in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #47,287 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 18
- born since 1991
- 1990s
- peak decade
18 girls have been named Shykila since 1991, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Shykila has 18 recorded births among girls since 1991, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 1992.
- #47,287 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 18 born since 1991
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shykila ranks #47,287 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 18 born since 1991, peaking in the 1990s.
- #47,287 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 18
- born since 1991
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shykila's 18 recorded births place it above 34.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shykila's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shykila's full recorded timeline at 1992, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1991, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1992 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shykila popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–1992
- Peak year (1992)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 2 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1992.
18 total births across 2 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1992 with 12 births in a single year.
Shykila by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (18 births, 100% of the file).
1990s was Shykila's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Shykila births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 18 births (100% of all-time use).
Shykila decade highlights
- Peak decade 18 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shykila: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~1 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1991–1992 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Shykila draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.
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