Shaila
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SHY-lah
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #5,098 for girls
Shaila is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “mountain”. In 2025 it ranked 5,098th for girls in the US (25 babies).
What does Shaila mean?
Sanskrit: Sanskrit shaila
“mountain”
Related to Shailaja, 'daughter of the mountain', a name of the Hindu goddess Parvati.
Is Shaila a girl's or a boy's name?
Shaila is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shaila in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Shaila in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shaila in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 13 | #2,037 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,454 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 8 | #2,231 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
How popular is Shaila in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,098among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 25about 1 in 64,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 25 girls in the US were named Shaila, making it the 5,098th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,734th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 241 girls. It first appears in the records in 1960.
Half of all the girls named Shaila in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,211 girls in the US were given Shaila or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #281, up from #5,098 for this spelling alone.
Shaila in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #5,098 |
| 2024 | 21 | #5,796 |
| 2023 | 29 | #4,652 |
| 2022 | 29 | #4,668 |
| 2021 | 30 | #4,503 |
| 2020 | 39 | #3,734 |
| 2019 | 41 | #3,664 |
| 2018 | 45 | #3,437 |
| 2017 | 52 | #3,091 |
| 2016 | 66 | #2,643 |
| 2015 | 73 | #2,471 |
| 2014 | 94 | #2,071 |
| 2013 | 129 | #1,646 |
| 2012 | 173 | #1,351 |
| 2011 | 163 | #1,402 |
| 2010 | 241 | #1,035 |
| 2009 | 144 | #1,561 |
| 2008 | 218 | #1,178 |
| 2007 | 201 | #1,233 |
| 2006 | 133 | #1,608 |
| 2005 | 49 | #3,166 |
| 2004 | 69 | #2,443 |
| 2003 | 65 | #2,494 |
| 2002 | 57 | #2,670 |
| 2001 | 60 | #2,536 |
| 2000 | 72 | #2,186 |
| 1999 | 67 | #2,219 |
| 1998 | 66 | #2,161 |
| 1997 | 68 | #2,067 |
| 1996 | 49 | #2,554 |
| 1995 | 46 | #2,645 |
| 1994 | 48 | #2,580 |
| 1993 | 57 | #2,262 |
| 1992 | 52 | #2,454 |
| 1991 | 50 | #2,478 |
| 1990 | 42 | #2,732 |
| 1989 | 35 | #3,039 |
| 1988 | 32 | #3,090 |
| 1987 | 29 | #3,166 |
| 1986 | 26 | #3,358 |
| 1985 | 26 | #3,327 |
| 1984 | 18 | #4,165 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,456 |
| 1982 | 18 | #4,166 |
| 1981 | 21 | #3,738 |
| 1980 | 14 | #4,977 |
| 1979 | 16 | #4,419 |
| 1978 | 18 | #3,924 |
| 1977 | 20 | #3,611 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,599 |
| 1975 | 13 | #4,591 |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,775 |
| 1973 | 11 | #4,869 |
| 1972 | 8 | #5,957 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,134 |
| 1970 | 9 | #5,412 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,146 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1966 | 10 | #4,197 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,695 |
Names like Shaila
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Summer Hafsa Hiba Zainab Salma Maya Aaliyah Khadija Amira Huda Rahma
Other spellings of Shaila
Names related to Shaila
More Sanskrit names
Bodhi Arya Lila Arjun Aarav Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Vihaan Aadhya Avyaan Ishaan Siya Leena
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Shaila: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shaila, updated 20 October 2026.