Shayla
#812 most common girls' name of all time · #1,474 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1950–2025
Rank among girls
#812
Rank overall
#1,474 of 105,966
First appeared
1950
Years on the list
72 of 146
All-time
30,950
Since 2016
1,777
Peak year
1999 #267
Best rank
#267 1999
Girls
Boys
peak 1,188/yr
Shayla first appears in 1950. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 113 | — | 113 | #1,786 |
| 2024 | 112 | — | 112 | #1,803 |
| 2023 | 130 | — | 130 | #1,606 |
| 2022 | 140 | — | 140 | #1,534 |
| 2021 | 160 | — | 160 | #1,375 |
| 2020 | 197 | — | 197 | #1,178 |
| 2019 | 195 | — | 195 | #1,198 |
| 2018 | 218 | — | 218 | #1,125 |
| 2017 | 242 | — | 242 | #1,059 |
| 2016 | 270 | — | 270 | #985 |
| 2015 | 354 | — | 354 | #798 |
| 2014 | 375 | — | 375 | #747 |
| 2013 | 429 | — | 429 | #667 |
| 2012 | 473 | — | 473 | #606 |
| 2011 | 577 | — | 577 | #509 |
| 2010 | 694 | — | 694 | #445 |
| 2009 | 802 | — | 802 | #393 |
| 2008 | 964 | — | 964 | #347 |
| 2007 | 1,028 | — | 1,028 | #324 |
| 2006 | 1,004 | — | 1,004 | #330 |
| 2005 | 815 | — | 815 | #385 |
| 2004 | 919 | 7 | 926 | #348 |
| 2003 | 999 | — | 999 | #309 |
| 2002 | 975 | — | 975 | #314 |
| 2001 | 1,052 | — | 1,052 | #297 |
| 2000 | 1,009 | — | 1,009 | #312 |
| 1999 | 1,188 | — | 1,188 | #267 |
| 1998 | 992 | — | 992 | #307 |
| 1997 | 1,041 | — | 1,041 | #279 |
| 1996 | 1,054 | — | 1,054 | #276 |
| 1995 | 846 | — | 846 | #323 |
| 1994 | 811 | — | 811 | #330 |
| 1993 | 831 | — | 831 | #319 |
| 1992 | 865 | — | 865 | #317 |
| 1991 | 851 | — | 851 | #317 |
| 1990 | 799 | — | 799 | #337 |
| 1989 | 710 | 5 | 715 | #362 |
| 1988 | 676 | — | 676 | #362 |
| 1987 | 583 | — | 583 | #394 |
| 1986 | 548 | — | 548 | #405 |
| 1985 | 556 | 5 | 561 | #407 |
| 1984 | 520 | — | 520 | #408 |
| 1983 | 533 | — | 533 | #405 |
| 1982 | 506 | — | 506 | #434 |
| 1981 | 492 | — | 492 | #432 |
| 1980 | 441 | — | 441 | #477 |
| 1979 | 302 | — | 302 | #597 |
| 1978 | 315 | — | 315 | #554 |
| 1977 | 326 | — | 326 | #545 |
| 1976 | 179 | — | 179 | #792 |
| 1975 | 108 | — | 108 | #1,092 |
| 1974 | 79 | — | 79 | #1,341 |
| 1973 | 68 | — | 68 | #1,442 |
| 1972 | 74 | — | 74 | #1,360 |
| 1971 | 164 | — | 164 | #840 |
| 1970 | 34 | — | 34 | #2,294 |
| 1969 | 29 | — | 29 | #2,441 |
| 1968 | 21 | — | 21 | #2,853 |
| 1967 | 15 | — | 15 | #3,435 |
| 1966 | 13 | — | 13 | #3,685 |
| 1965 | 13 | — | 13 | #3,676 |
| 1964 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,988 |
| 1963 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,699 |
| 1962 | 13 | — | 13 | #3,739 |
| 1961 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,470 |
| 1960 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,703 |
| 1958 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,815 |
| 1957 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,893 |
| 1955 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,692 |
| 1954 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,650 |
| 1953 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,562 |
| 1950 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,079 |