NameTides

Shayla

Shayla was the #1,777 girls' name in the US in 2025 (113 babies), and #4,867 in England & Wales and #3,044 in Canada.

Shayla as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Shayla as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Shayla as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,777 (113)#4,867 (4)——#3,044 (6)
2024#1,796 (112)#3,319 (7)——#1,234 (20)
2023#1,603 (130)#5,688 (3)——#1,491 (15)
2022#1,531 (140)#2,325 (11)——#1,635 (13)
2021#1,375 (160)#1,866 (15)——#1,229 (20)
2020#1,177 (197)#1,449 (21)——#1,557 (14)
2019#1,198 (195)#1,703 (17)—#871 (3)#1,104 (23)
2018#1,122 (218)#1,343 (24)——#928 (29)
2017#1,058 (242)#1,733 (17)——#1,179 (21)
2016#985 (270)#1,211 (28)——#782 (36)
2015#797 (354)#760 (51)——#888 (30)
2014#746 (375)#877 (43)——#825 (33)
2013#667 (429)#882 (42)—#660 (5)#546 (55)
2012#606 (473)#789 (49)——#646 (45)
2011#509 (577)#635 (63)——#552 (53)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1999 at #267.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1950.

How common is it?

about 1 in 14,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 14,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 63,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 25,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Shayla is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 16,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 15,000 to 1 in 18,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Shayla by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,418NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #939NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,948CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #936VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #1,040AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,138NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,902TXFlorida: #1,685FL
Shayla (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,01811

Shayla (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ShaylaCanadaGirls#3,0446
ShaylaEngland & WalesGirls#4,8674
ShaylaIrelandGirls—too few
ShaylaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ShaylaScotlandGirls—too few
ShaylaUSGirls#1,777113
ShaylaUSBoys—too few