girl's name

Shamyla

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Births on record 35

Shamyla is a girl's name. In 2010 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 2006, when 7 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 2004.

Shamyla over time

Births per decade in the United States, 2000s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2010, not a full ten years.

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Births named Shamyla by decade in the United States
Decade Births
2000s 26
2010s (to 2010) 6

How popular is Shamyla?

In 2010, Shamyla was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Shamyla is used

England & Wales #4,934 3 in 1996
United States #16,944 6 in 2010

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Shamyla

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Shamyla also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Shamyla over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Shamyla

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Shamyla — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Shamyla

How popular is the name Shamyla?

In 2010, Shamyla was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Shamyla a girl's or a boy's name?

Shamyla is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Shamyla most popular?

Shamyla peaked in 2006, when 7 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.