Girls' name · since 1976
Shylah
Shylah has 1,779 recorded births since 1976 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,100 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,454 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,779
- born since 1976
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shylah currently ranks #5454 among girls' names in America, with 1,779 babies recorded since 1976.
Shylah has 1,779 recorded births among girls since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5454 as of the latest data, more common than 68% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2025.
- #5,100 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,454 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,779 born since 1976
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shylah ranks #5,100 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,454 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,779 born since 1976, peaking in the 2000s.
- #5,100 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,454 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,779
- born since 1976
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shylah's 1,779 recorded births place it above 92.94% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
14 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Shylah compares
1,779 Top 24% higher than 76% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Shylah's all-time total is 5x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Shylah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,779 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 114 | 21 | 19,840 |
Shylah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shylah's SSA record in two at 2001 and the more recent half accounts for 79% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 21%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1990, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2007 peak of 114, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shylah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 114
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Shylah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (621 births, 35% of the file).
2000s was Shylah's strongest decade.
621 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Shylah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 78
1970s
78 births
- 1980s 118
1980s
118 births
- 1990s 161
1990s
161 births
- 2000s
2000s
621 births
- 2010s
2010s
619 births
- 2020s 182
2020s
182 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 621 births (35% of all-time use).
How Shylah compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Shylah's total volume
Shylah by state
Where Shylah concentrates geographically, total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 127 | 7.1% |
| #2 | Florida | | 69 | 3.9% |
| #3 | New York | | 62 | 3.5% |
| #4 | Texas | | 61 | 3.4% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 23 | 1.3% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 12 | 0.7% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 11 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 10 | 0.6% |
127 of 1,779 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 14 reporting states.
Shylah appears in 14 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Shylah's data
- Shylah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (621 total births); usage has since declined to 182 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Shylahs (127 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Shylah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~49 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, 1976–2025 (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 Shylah 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.