How Many People Are Named Shyla?
people named Shyla are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 43,357 people in the US has this name
Based on 8,026 babies named Shyla in Social Security records from 1942 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
365 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of SHEILA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Shyla in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shyla alive today is about 23 years old, and 73% are under 30. Half of them were between 14 and 31 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shyla first appears in the records in 1942 and was given most often in 2008, to 365 babies. In 2025, 79 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1942 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Shyla has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #797, in 2008. In 2025 it ranked #2,322.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,322 |
| Best rank | #797 (2008) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #961 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shyla alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shyla were born in California than in any other state: about 928 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Shyla was given 9.7 times as often in Hawaii, 2.9 times in Oklahoma and 1.8 times in Washington.
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