Shila Girl

How popular is Shila?

Peaked in 1980

No babies were recorded with the name Shila in 2025. It was most used in 1980, when 28 girls got the name.

Compare with other names
1,035living people named Shila (est.)
37median age of people named Shila
1,080babies named Shila since 1880

Shila popularity over time

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Rank in 2025Not ranked
Babies in 20250 girls
10-year trendFalling fast (-100% babies vs 2015)
Peak year1980 (28 girls)
Highest rank#2,811 in 1975
First recorded1941
Boys vs girls (last 10 years)0% boys, 100% girls

Shila counting every spelling

Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Shyla family of names ranked #1,376 for girls in 2025 (#1,242 the year before), with 122 babies in all.

SpellingGirls in 2025Share
Shyla 79 65%
Shylah 23 19%
Shilah 20 16%

Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.

Shila by decade

DecadeBaby girlsBest rank
1940s24#4,203
1950s25#4,313
1960s76#4,008
1970s205#2,811
1980s239#3,066
1990s204#4,084
2000s191#5,277
2010s106#5,106
2020s10#15,083

Questions

Is Shila a boy or girl name?
Shila is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Shila were girls.
How popular is the name Shila?
No babies were recorded with the name Shila in 2025. It was most used in 1980, when 28 girls got the name.
When was Shila most popular?
Shila peaked in 1980, when 28 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,811 in 1975.
How many people are named Shila?
1,080 babies have been named Shila in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,035 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 37.

Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.