# Shyla (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/shyla/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 8,026 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 8,026 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 589, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A 20th-century coinage, possibly inspired by Sheila.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 252 | 1,004 |
| 2012 | 225 | 1,106 |
| 2013 | 191 | 1,253 |
| 2014 | 159 | 1,433 |
| 2015 | 159 | 1,452 |
| 2016 | 112 | 1,854 |
| 2017 | 111 | 1,852 |
| 2018 | 110 | 1,850 |
| 2019 | 111 | 1,842 |
| 2020 | 160 | 1,368 |
| 2021 | 145 | 1,483 |
| 2022 | 127 | 1,668 |
| 2023 | 120 | 1,720 |
| 2024 | 108 | 1,866 |
| 2025 | 79 | 2,322 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 39 | 915 |
| 2012 | 37 | 975 |
| 2013 | 30 | 1,148 |
| 2014 | 28 | 1,204 |
| 2015 | 32 | 1,088 |
| 2016 | 24 | 1,370 |
| 2017 | 24 | 1,371 |
| 2018 | 18 | 1,649 |
| 2019 | 21 | 1,439 |
| 2020 | 24 | 1,313 |
| 2021 | 25 | 1,286 |
| 2022 | 16 | 1,767 |
| 2023 | 20 | 1,525 |
| 2024 | 13 | 2,115 |
| 2025 | 14 | 2,006 |

## People named Shyla

- Shyla Jennings, American pornographic actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.