How Many People Are Named Shayla?
people named Shayla are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 11,255 people in the US has this name
Based on 30,950 babies named Shayla in Social Security records from 1950 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,188 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of SHEILA, influenced by the spelling and sound of KAYLA (1).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Shayla in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shayla alive today is about 27 years old, and 60% are under 30. Half of them were between 19 and 35 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shayla first appears in the records in 1950 and was given most often in 1999, to 1,188 babies. In 2025, 113 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1950 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Shayla has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #267, in 1999. In 2025 it ranked #1,793.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,793 |
| Best rank | #267 (1999) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #332 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shayla alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shayla were born in California than in any other state: about 2,642 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Shayla was given 2.6 times as often in Hawaii, 2.2 times in Idaho and 2.1 times in District of Columbia.
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