Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Shila

#6,712 most common girls' name of all time · #11,288 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1941–2023

Rank among girls
#6,712
Rank overall
#11,288 of 105,966
First appeared
1941
Years on the list
68 of 146
All-time
1,080
Since 2016
30
Peak year
1980 #3,098
Best rank
#2,840 1975
Girls Boys peak 28/yr
1960198020002020

Shila first appears in 1941. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2023 5 — 5 #15,506
2020 5 — 5 #15,372
2019 6 — 6 #14,002
2018 7 — 7 #12,649
2016 7 — 7 #13,059
2015 7 — 7 #13,168
2014 10 — 10 #10,249
2013 12 — 12 #9,117
2012 15 — 15 #7,877
2011 15 — 15 #7,849
2010 27 — 27 #5,136
2009 19 — 19 #6,867
2008 27 — 27 #5,312
2007 25 — 25 #5,564
2006 25 — 25 #5,424
2005 17 — 17 #6,873
2004 18 — 18 #6,542
2003 13 — 13 #8,090
2002 12 — 12 #8,367
2001 15 — 15 #7,032
2000 20 — 20 #5,528
1999 28 — 28 #4,122
1998 25 — 25 #4,400
1997 23 — 23 #4,556
1996 11 — 11 #7,687
1995 23 — 23 #4,382
1994 19 — 19 #5,070
1993 16 — 16 #5,756
1992 21 — 21 #4,738
1991 20 — 20 #4,868
1990 18 — 18 #5,113
1989 17 — 17 #5,123
1988 26 — 26 #3,623
1987 19 — 19 #4,358
1986 24 — 24 #3,591
1985 21 — 21 #3,915
1984 28 — 28 #3,107
1983 20 — 20 #3,867
1982 28 — 28 #3,122
1981 28 — 28 #3,106
1980 28 — 28 #3,098
1979 19 — 19 #3,957
1978 25 — 25 #3,139
1977 21 — 21 #3,545
1976 24 — 24 #3,045
1975 26 — 26 #2,840
1974 25 — 25 #2,872
1973 20 — 20 #3,284
1972 9 — 9 #5,655
1971 21 — 21 #3,219
1970 15 — 15 #3,948
1969 10 — 10 #4,875
1967 6 — 6 #6,345
1966 9 — 9 #4,675
1965 8 — 8 #5,071
1964 9 — 9 #4,838
1963 7 — 7 #5,606
1962 10 — 10 #4,420
1961 11 — 11 #4,155
1960 6 — 6 #6,059
1959 5 — 5 #6,732
1956 6 — 6 #5,709
1951 7 — 7 #4,714
1950 7 — 7 #4,640
1949 7 — 7 #4,576
1948 7 — 7 #4,562
1947 5 — 5 #5,867
1941 5 — 5 #5,076