# Skyla (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/skyla/  
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 | 14,344 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 14,344 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4,284, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

20th-century invention, shortened from Skyler.

## 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 | 568 | 517 |
| 2012 | 605 | 504 |
| 2013 | 552 | 539 |
| 2014 | 583 | 535 |
| 2015 | 564 | 551 |
| 2016 | 570 | 548 |
| 2017 | 553 | 558 |
| 2018 | 560 | 555 |
| 2019 | 531 | 575 |
| 2020 | 458 | 633 |
| 2021 | 471 | 629 |
| 2022 | 380 | 759 |
| 2023 | 346 | 809 |
| 2024 | 319 | 850 |
| 2025 | 257 | 986 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 174 | 280 |
| 2012 | 253 | 198 |
| 2013 | 301 | 176 |
| 2014 | 356 | 156 |
| 2015 | 401 | 139 |
| 2016 | 360 | 152 |
| 2017 | 343 | 164 |
| 2018 | 278 | 189 |
| 2019 | 250 | 194 |
| 2020 | 218 | 219 |
| 2021 | 209 | 240 |
| 2022 | 192 | 248 |
| 2023 | 137 | 323 |
| 2024 | 137 | 315 |
| 2025 | 117 | 366 |

## 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.