Total births
34
Girls' name · since 1924
Wyla
34 babies named Wyla in U.S. Social Security records since 1924, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15499
- among girls today
- 34
- born since 1924
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 13%
- more common than other girls
Wyla currently ranks #15499 among girls' names in America, with 34 babies recorded since 1924.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Wyla has been recorded 34 times among girls since 1924, currently ranked #15499 nationally and more common than 13% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1924 to 2025.
- #15499 among girls today
- 34 born since 1924
- 2020s peak decade
- 13% more common than other girls
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
Wyla is currently the #15499 girls' name in America, more common than 13% of girls - 34 born since 1924, peaking in the 2020s.
- #15499
- among girls today
- 34
- born since 1924
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 13%
- more common than other girls
Wyla vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
#15499
of 17,726 girls in use
More common than 13% of names given to girls today.
2020s
Peak decade
56% of everyone ever named Wyla was born in this single decade.
2025
Single peak year
8 babies were named Wyla in 2025 - its busiest year on record.
How Wyla compares
34 11th percentile among 17,726 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
Wyla's all-time total is 91% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Wyla | Median girls name (Emerly) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 34 | 382 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 48 | 19,840 |
Wyla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Wyla's full recorded timeline at 2022, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1924, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Wyla at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
2025
Current rank
#15,499
Active since
1924
Wyla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1924–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 102 years of records
Wyla by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2020s was Wyla's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Wyla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
10 births
- 2020s
2020s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 19 births (56% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Wyla? ▼
Wyla has been given to 34 babies in the U.S. since 1924, according to SSA data. Among girls, it ranks #15499 as of the latest data. 8 babies were born in 2025, its single highest year.
When was Wyla most popular? ▼
Wyla was most popular in the 2020s decade with 19 total births. The single peak year was 2025.
How long has the name Wyla been used? ▼
Wyla has been recorded in Social Security data since 1924, spanning 102 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Wyla? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Wylene, Wylie, Wylma, Wyllow, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.
Keep exploring Wyla
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1924–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Wyla: #15499 Girls' Name - 34 Births, Peak 2025." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/wyla. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Wyla 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 July 2026.