NameTides

Skyla

Skyla was the #983 girls' name in the US in 2025 (257 babies), and #366 in England & Wales and #1,315 in Canada.

Skyla as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Skyla as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesScotlandUSCanada
Skyla as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, 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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#983 (257)#366 (117)#387 (8)——#1,315 (19)
2024#848 (319)#315 (137)#541 (5)——#661 (44)
2023#808 (346)#323 (137)———#595 (48)
2022#758 (380)#248 (192)#531 (5)#418 (3)—#575 (49)
2021#629 (471)#240 (209)#396 (8)#350 (4)#883 (3)#616 (48)
2020#633 (458)#219 (218)#471 (6)#397 (3)—#665 (43)
2019#573 (531)#194 (250)#560 (5)#424 (3)—#581 (53)
2018#555 (560)#189 (278)#255 (15)——#714 (40)
2017#557 (553)#164 (343)#446 (7)——#584 (53)
2016#547 (570)#152 (360)#276 (15)#276 (6)—#594 (51)
2015#550 (564)#139 (401)#340 (11)#426 (3)—#520 (59)
2014#533 (583)#156 (356)#323 (12)#314 (5)—#457 (72)
2013#538 (552)#176 (301)#564 (5)—#747 (4)#517 (59)
2012#504 (605)#198 (253)#397 (9)——#498 (61)
2011#516 (568)#280 (174)#394 (9)——#655 (44)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2012 at #504.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1959.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,300 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 6,300uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Skyla is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 7,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 6,300 to 1 in 7,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Skyla by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #564WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #915WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #540MNIllinois: #1,113ILMichigan: #787MINew York: #829NYMassachusetts: #873MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #1,032INOhio: #711OHPennsylvania: #927PANew Jersey: #846NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,053CAUtah: 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: #1,180VAMaryland: 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: #983TNNorth Carolina: #729NCSouth 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: #854GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,352TXFlorida: #735FL
Skyla (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#74216

Skyla (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
SkylaCanadaGirls#1,31519
SkylaEngland & WalesGirls#366117
SkylaIrelandGirls—too few
SkylaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
SkylaScotlandGirls#3878
SkylaUSGirls#983257