Skylah Girl
How popular is Skylah?
#2,298 girl name in 2025
79 baby girls were named Skylah in the US in 2025, making it the 2298th most popular girl name.
Skylah popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,298 for girls (▲ 591 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 79 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-54% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,372 in 2015, #1,743 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2016 (178 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,288 in 2018 |
| First recorded | 1991 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Skylah 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 Skylah is most popular
Babies named Skylah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- North Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (22 girls)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (37 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (29 girls)
- Ohio: 0.1 per 1,000 (16 girls)
- Georgia: 0.1 per 1,000 (15 girls)
Skylah by decade
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Questions
- Is Skylah a boy or girl name?
- Skylah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Skylah were girls.
- How popular is the name Skylah?
- 79 baby girls were named Skylah in the US in 2025, making it the 2298th most popular girl name.
- When was Skylah most popular?
- Skylah peaked in 2016, when 178 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,288 in 2018.
- How many people are named Skylah?
- 2,917 babies have been named Skylah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,899 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 12.
- Where is Skylah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Skylah was most common in North Carolina, at 0.1 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.