Shylah Girl
How popular is Shylah?
#5,409 girl name in 2025
23 baby girls were named Shylah in the US in 2025, making it the 5409th most popular girl name.
Shylah popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #5,409 for girls (▼ 264 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 23 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-52% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,346 in 2015, #3,777 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2007 (114 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,848 in 2007 |
| First recorded | 1976 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Shylah 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.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
Where Shylah is most popular
Babies named Shylah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (7 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Shylah by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 78 | #3,266 |
| 1980s | 118 | #4,516 |
| 1990s | 161 | #3,544 |
| 2000s | 621 | #1,848 |
| 2010s | 619 | #1,886 |
| 2020s | 182 | #3,777 |
Girl names about as popular as Shylah
Questions
- Is Shylah a boy or girl name?
- Shylah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Shylah were girls.
- How popular is the name Shylah?
- 23 baby girls were named Shylah in the US in 2025, making it the 5409th most popular girl name.
- When was Shylah most popular?
- Shylah peaked in 2007, when 114 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,848 in 2007.
- How many people are named Shylah?
- 1,779 babies have been named Shylah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,760 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 17.
- Where is Shylah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Shylah was most common in California, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
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.