girl's name

Shyla

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 9,625

Shyla is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 79 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 2008, when 365 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 41,967 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1942.

Shyla 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 2025, not a full ten years.

2,581
'40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Shyla by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1940s 19
1950s 39
1960s 86
1970s 435
1980s 860
1990s 1,533
2000s 2,581
2010s 1,734
2020s (to 2025) 739

How popular is Shyla?

In 2025, Shyla was given to 79 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Shyla is used

Canada #1,463 17 in 2024
England & Wales #2,124 14 in 2025
United States #2,322 79 in 2025

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 Shyla

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

Parents who like Shyla also like

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

Sibling names for Shyla

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

Common questions about Shyla

How popular is the name Shyla?

In 2025, Shyla was given to 79 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

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

Shyla is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Shyla most popular?

Shyla peaked in 2008, when 365 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Shyla a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Shyla currently ranks #1,463 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.