Recorded 1923–2022 Girls' name Peak 2018 46 births

Wylla — girls' name

46 babies named Wylla in U.S. Social Security records since 1923, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1920s132010s212020s12
2010s
Peak decade

46% of everyone ever named Wylla was born in this single decade.

2018
Single peak year

10 babies were named Wylla in 2018 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Wylla

The Social Security Administration has registered 46 babies named Wylla between 1923 and 2022, spanning 100 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Wylla currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Wylla performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 21 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Wylla shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Wylla 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 46 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.

Wylla at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

46

Since 1923

100 years of records

Peak year

2018

10 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

1923

Recorded for 100 years

Last year on file: 2022

Wylla popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1923

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2018)
10
Annual births at peak — across 100 years of records
4681012 2022202020182017201619251923 5

Wylla by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
21 births that decade — 46% of Wylla's all-time total
1920s132010s212020s12

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Wylla?
46 babies have been named Wylla since 1923. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2018 with 10 births.
When was Wylla most popular?
Wylla was most popular in the 2010s decade with 21 total births. The single peak year was 2018.
How long has the name Wylla been used?
Wylla has been recorded in Social Security data since 1923, spanning 100 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Wylla?
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.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1923–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.