Skyla Girl
How popular is Skyla?
#983 girl name in 2025
257 baby girls were named Skyla in the US in 2025, making it the 983rd most popular girl name.
Skyla popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #983 for girls (▼ 135 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 257 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-54% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #550 in 2015, #633 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2012 (605 girls) |
| Highest rank | #504 in 2012 |
| First recorded | 1959 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Skyla counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Skyla family of names ranked #761 for girls in 2025 (#713 the year before), with 336 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Skyla | 257 | 76% |
| Skylah | 79 | 24% |
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 Skyla is most popular
Babies named Skyla per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Alaska: 0.8 per 1,000 (7 girls)
- Rhode Island: 0.5 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- Montana: 0.4 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Tennessee: 0.4 per 1,000 (57 girls)
- New York: 0.3 per 1,000 (137 girls)
Skyla by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 8 | #4,624 |
| 1960s | 46 | #4,271 |
| 1970s | 99 | #3,776 |
| 1980s | 281 | #2,245 |
| 1990s | 1,415 | #740 |
| 2000s | 4,651 | #537 |
| 2010s | 5,613 | #504 |
| 2020s | 2,231 | #629 |
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Questions
- Is Skyla a boy or girl name?
- Skyla is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Skyla were girls.
- How popular is the name Skyla?
- 257 baby girls were named Skyla in the US in 2025, making it the 983rd most popular girl name.
- When was Skyla most popular?
- Skyla peaked in 2012, when 605 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #504 in 2012.
- How many people are named Skyla?
- 14,344 babies have been named Skyla in the US since 1880. We estimate about 14,221 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 15.
- Where is Skyla most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Skyla was most common in Alaska, at 0.8 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.