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.

Shylah

#4,833 most common girls' name of all time · #8,195 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1976–2025

Rank among girls
#4,833
Rank overall
#8,195 of 105,966
First appeared
1976
Years on the list
49 of 146
All-time
1,779
Since 2016
355
Peak year
2007 #1,854
Best rank
#1,854 2007
Girls Boys peak 114/yr
198020002020

Shylah first appears in 1976. 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
2025 23 — 23 #5,460
2024 25 — 25 #5,206
2023 30 — 30 #4,595
2022 34 — 34 #4,247
2021 32 — 32 #4,360
2020 38 — 38 #3,808
2019 38 — 38 #3,881
2018 41 — 41 #3,707
2017 39 — 39 #3,876
2016 55 — 55 #3,029
2015 48 — 48 #3,368
2014 70 — 70 #2,551
2013 62 — 62 #2,793
2012 82 — 82 #2,299
2011 106 — 106 #1,890
2010 78 — 78 #2,416
2009 94 — 94 #2,145
2008 103 — 103 #2,026
2007 114 — 114 #1,854
2006 78 — 78 #2,409
2005 68 — 68 #2,543
2004 45 — 45 #3,367
2003 36 — 36 #3,835
2002 26 — 26 #4,687
2001 34 — 34 #3,827
2000 23 — 23 #5,085
1999 23 — 23 #4,806
1998 24 — 24 #4,569
1997 32 — 32 #3,603
1996 14 — 14 #6,574
1995 13 — 13 #6,866
1994 12 — 12 #7,374
1993 15 — 15 #6,146
1992 12 — 12 #7,336
1991 10 — 10 #8,331
1990 6 — 6 #12,120
1989 13 — 13 #6,409
1988 11 — 11 #6,990
1987 9 — 9 #7,780
1985 7 — 7 #8,962
1984 15 — 15 #4,943
1983 15 — 15 #4,860
1982 16 — 16 #4,701
1981 16 — 16 #4,731
1980 16 — 16 #4,723
1979 20 — 20 #3,895
1978 21 — 21 #3,631
1977 23 — 23 #3,363
1976 14 — 14 #4,612