Seyla
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SAY-luh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Seyla is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Seyla mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Seylah, itself a spelling of Selah
Selah is a Hebrew word found 74 times in the Psalms and Habakkuk, probably a musical or liturgical direction.
Meaning borrowed from Seylah.
Is Seyla a girl's or a boy's name?
Seyla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Seyla in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 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, 8 girls in the US were named Seyla, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2024, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 2000.
Half of all the girls named Seyla in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Seyla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
Names like Seyla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Salem, Sama, Zamira, Zayla, Selah, Ayra, Salma, Amoura, Sayla, Hadassa, Hafsa
Names related to Seyla
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Seyla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/seyla, updated 20 October 2026.