girl's name

Shila

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Births on record 1,091

Shila is a girl's name. In 2023 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1980, when 28 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1941.

Shila over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1940s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2023, not a full ten years.

239
'40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Shila by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1940s 24
1950s 25
1960s 76
1970s 205
1980s 239
1990s 204
2000s 191
2010s 106
2020s (to 2023) 10

How popular is Shila?

In 2023, Shila was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Shila is used

Canada #3,365 5 in 2007
England & Wales #6,754 3 in 2010
United States #16,237 5 in 2023

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 Shila

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

Parents who like Shila also like

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

Sibling names for Shila

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

Common questions about Shila

How popular is the name Shila?

In 2023, Shila was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

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

Shila is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Shila most popular?

Shila peaked in 1980, when 28 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.