Shylah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SHY-la
- US rank, 2025
- #5,409 for girls
Shylah is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 5,409th for girls in the US (23 babies).
Where does Shylah come from?
Spelling of Shyla; may be a form of Sheila or of the Indian Shaila
Meaning borrowed from Shyla. More on Wiktionary.
Is Shylah a girl's or a boy's name?
Shylah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shylah in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2012, with 18 girls.
Half of all the girls named Shylah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shylah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,893 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,462 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 18 | #1,756 |
| 2011 | 12 | #2,265 |
| 2010 | 14 | #2,004 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,695 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
How popular is Shylah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,409among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 23 girls in the US were named Shylah, making it the 5,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,777th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 114 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Shylah than any year since 2000.
Half of all the girls named Shylah in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 122 girls in the US were given Shylah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,478, up from #5,409 for this spelling alone.
Shylah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #5,409 |
| 2024 | 25 | #5,145 |
| 2023 | 30 | #4,562 |
| 2022 | 34 | #4,200 |
| 2021 | 32 | #4,322 |
| 2020 | 38 | #3,777 |
| 2019 | 38 | #3,850 |
| 2018 | 41 | #3,676 |
| 2017 | 39 | #3,847 |
| 2016 | 55 | #3,010 |
| 2015 | 48 | #3,346 |
| 2014 | 70 | #2,533 |
| 2013 | 62 | #2,768 |
| 2012 | 82 | #2,286 |
| 2011 | 106 | #1,886 |
| 2010 | 78 | #2,405 |
| 2009 | 94 | #2,139 |
| 2008 | 103 | #2,020 |
| 2007 | 114 | #1,848 |
| 2006 | 78 | #2,396 |
| 2005 | 68 | #2,520 |
| 2004 | 45 | #3,329 |
| 2003 | 36 | #3,801 |
| 2002 | 26 | #4,617 |
| 2001 | 34 | #3,781 |
| 2000 | 23 | #4,976 |
| 1999 | 23 | #4,713 |
| 1998 | 24 | #4,489 |
| 1997 | 32 | #3,544 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,387 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 15 | #5,949 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,661 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,736 |
| 1983 | 15 | #4,685 |
| 1982 | 16 | #4,526 |
| 1981 | 16 | #4,531 |
| 1980 | 16 | #4,516 |
| 1979 | 20 | #3,776 |
| 1978 | 21 | #3,512 |
| 1977 | 23 | #3,266 |
| 1976 | 14 | #4,361 |
Names like Shylah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Zainab Summer Aaliyah Ayah Sumayyah Hafsa Hiba Nusaybah Farah Safaa Safiya
Other spellings of Shylah
Names related to Shylah
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, “Shylah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shylah, updated 20 October 2026.