Girls' name · since 1990
Skila
Skila has 82 recorded births since 1990 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2006 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #29,405 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 82
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
82 girls have been named Skila since 1990, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Skila has been recorded 82 times among girls since 1990, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2015.
- #29,405 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 82 born since 1990
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Skila ranks #29,405 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 82 born since 1990, peaking in the 2000s.
- #29,405 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 82
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
Skila's 82 recorded births place it above 59.31% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Skila's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Skila splits its recorded history at 2003: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2003 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2006 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Skila popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2015
- Peak year (2006)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Skila by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (51 births, 62% of the file).
2000s was Skila's strongest decade.
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Skila births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 18
1990s
18 births
- 2000s
2000s
51 births
- 2010s 13
2010s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 51 births (62% of all-time use).
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- Skila's decade-level peak was the 2000s (51 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Skila: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~25 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, 1990–2015 (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 Skila 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.