NameTides

Skylah

Skylah was the #2,298 girls' name in the US in 2025 (79 babies), and #1,315 in England & Wales.

Skylah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Skylah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Skylah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#2,298 (79)#1,315 (24)——
2024#2,889 (57)#1,541 (20)——
2023#1,826 (110)#1,575 (19)—#2,900 (6)
2022#1,684 (124)#1,383 (23)—#2,133 (9)
2021#1,680 (123)#1,569 (19)—#2,616 (7)
2020#1,743 (115)#1,100 (30)—#1,662 (13)
2019#1,366 (165)#1,189 (28)—#2,188 (9)
2018#1,288 (177)#791 (48)—#2,892 (6)
2017#1,451 (155)#1,021 (35)—#2,374 (8)
2016#1,330 (178)#1,327 (25)#798 (3)#2,595 (7)
2015#1,372 (172)#942 (38)—#2,891 (6)
2014#1,391 (165)#1,016 (35)—#2,185 (9)
2013#1,457 (153)#1,253 (27)—#2,595 (7)
2012#1,539 (143)#1,525 (20)—#2,921 (6)
2011#1,646 (130)#1,903 (14)—#3,310 (5)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2018 at #1,288.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1991.

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 11,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Skylah is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 28,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 17,000 to 1 in 46,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Skylah 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: #2,075NYMassachusetts: 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: #1,438OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,767CAUtah: 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: #1,533GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,921TXFlorida: #1,685FL
Skylah (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SkylahCanadaGirls—too few
SkylahEngland & WalesGirls#1,31524
SkylahNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
SkylahScotlandGirls—too few
SkylahUSGirls#2,29879