NameTides

Shyla

Shyla was the #2,298 girls' name in the US in 2025 (79 babies), and #2,006 in England & Wales and #3,044 in Canada.

Shyla as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Shyla as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUSCanada
Shyla as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#2,298 (79)#2,006 (14)#3,044 (6)
2024#1,852 (108)#2,116 (13)#1,541 (15)
2023#1,709 (120)#1,525 (20)#1,203 (20)
2022#1,659 (127)#1,767 (16)#1,209 (20)
2021#1,476 (145)#1,286 (25)#1,681 (13)
2020#1,362 (160)#1,313 (24)#1,428 (16)
2019#1,833 (111)#1,439 (21)#1,283 (19)
2018#1,840 (110)#1,649 (18)#983 (27)
2017#1,842 (111)#1,371 (24)#1,382 (17)
2016#1,841 (112)#1,370 (24)#1,019 (26)
2015#1,448 (159)#1,088 (32)#1,016 (25)
2014#1,427 (159)#1,204 (28)#972 (27)
2013#1,248 (191)#1,148 (30)#846 (32)
2012#1,096 (225)#975 (37)#904 (29)
2011#999 (252)#915 (39)#666 (43)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2008 at #797.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1942.

How common is it?

about 1 in 20,000 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 20,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 18,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 25,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Shyla is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 21,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 18,000 to 1 in 25,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Shyla 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: #1,830NYMassachusetts: 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: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,276CAUtah: 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: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth 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: #3,285TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Shyla (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

Shyla (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
ShylaCanadaGirls#3,0446
ShylaEngland & WalesGirls#2,00614
ShylaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ShylaUSGirls#2,29879