Shyla — #1882 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Shyla

The Social Security Administration has registered 7,946 babies named Shyla between 1942 and 2024, spanning 83 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shyla currently holds the #1882 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 365 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shyla performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 2,581 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Shyla shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 935 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Shyla in 40 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shyla 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 7,946 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.