Hyla
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HY-lah
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Hyla is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
Where does Hyla come from?
Greek: possibly from hyle 'wood, forest'; also the name of a tree-frog genus
Is Hyla a girl's or a boy's name?
Hyla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hyla in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 11,928th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Hyla, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 1931, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1904.
2025 had fewer girls named Hyla than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Hyla in the US since 1880 were born between 1928 and 1977, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hyla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,359 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 8 | #5,957 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,541 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 10 | #4,488 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 10 | #4,201 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,295 |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,532 |
| 1961 | 8 | #4,881 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,244 |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,102 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 8 | #4,466 |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
| 1954 | 9 | #3,965 |
| 1953 | 5 | #5,672 |
| 1952 | 11 | #3,371 |
| 1951 | 10 | #3,481 |
| 1950 | 8 | #3,960 |
| 1949 | 8 | #3,891 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 6 | #4,762 |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,416 |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,023 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,665 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,736 |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,248 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,939 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,699 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,800 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,405 |
| 1932 | 9 | #3,045 |
| 1931 | 15 | #2,104 |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,548 |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,568 |
| 1928 | 9 | #3,162 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,873 |
| 1926 | 10 | #3,045 |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,361 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 11 | #2,916 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,377 |
| 1921 | 13 | #2,633 |
| 1920 | 10 | #3,097 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,249 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,867 |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,692 |
| 1916 | 9 | #3,029 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,187 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,632 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,398 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,876 |
Names like Hyla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Georgia, Lena, Stella, Helena, Leona, Willa, Ella, Cora, Helen, Emma, Ada, Hazel
Names related to Hyla
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Hyla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hyla, updated 20 October 2026.