How rare is the name Shyla?

6,390 people in the United States have the first name Shyla, about 1 in 47,266. It ranks #3,321 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

SHYLA

#3,321

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,390
About
1 in 47,266
This common or more
82.1%
Who bears it

Of the 6,390 people named Shyla, 49.6% reported their origin as White, 16.4% as Black and 12.7% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Shyla peaked in 2008, when 365 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19422025
Peak year
2008
Births that year
365
In 2025*
79 ▼78%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 8,026 babies have been given the name since 1942. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Shyla by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,707. The largest share of babies named Shyla, 49.1%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1940s#9,41819
1950s#8,81739
1960s#7,03786
1970s#3,234435
1980s#2,382860
1990s#2,0441,533
2000s#1,7072,581
2010s#2,4231,734
2020s#3,084739
Silent Generation 1928–450.1%
Baby boom 1946–640.9%
Generation X 1965–807.1%
Millennials 1981–9621.7%
Generation Z 1997–1249.1%
2013 and later21.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Shyla is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Shyla has been most common in Hawaii (7.5×), Arizona (2.6×), and Florida (2.5×), and least common in Wisconsin (0.45×).

4,980 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Shyla

1 other first name also has 6,390 people.

#3,321 Clemente · 6,390

Either side of Shyla

#3,320 Rayne · 6,396#3,321 Clemente · 6,390#3,323 Braiden · 6,389#3,324 Jacinto · 6,387

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Shyla, most common first.

#1,354 Shayla · 26,260#4,431 Sheyla · 4,225#7,571 Shala · 2,003#8,234 Shela · 1,769#8,654 Shila · 1,666#10,260 Shylah · 1,309#17,356 Shylo · 637#27,293 Shola · 336

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