Girls' name · peaked in 1999
Shayla name popularity since 1925
30,950 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Shayla. Half of them were born in 1998 or earlier, so the typical Shayla is about 28 years old in 2026. Shayla peaked in 1999 as the #267 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 30,950
- Named Shayla, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,793 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.9% girls
- 30,933 girls · 17 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 2.32× its national share
Peak year is the year Shayla made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Shayla births per year, 1925–2025
1999 was the biggest year for Shayla both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1975 and 1980, Shayla became 3.6× more common, from 1 in 13,500 baby girls to 1 in 3,760.
- Steepest fall: Between 2011 and 2016, its share of baby girls fell by 54%, from 1 in 3,050 to 1 in 6,560.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Shayla's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Shayla.
Decade by decade
Babies named Shayla in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 46 | 0 | #4,679 |
| 1960s | 149 | 0 | #3,705 |
| 1970s | 1,649 | 0 | #1,092 |
| 1980s | 5,565 | 10 | #407 |
| 1990s | 9,278 | 0 | #323 |
| 2000s | 9,567 | 7 | #386 |
| 2010s | 3,827 | 0 | #797 |
| 2020–25 | 852 | 0 | #1,793 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
47.0% of babies named Shayla from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Shayla is most popular
The index compares Shayla's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Shayla.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 2.32× | 573 |
| Oregon | 1.76× | 479 |
| Florida | 1.68× | 1,754 |
| Washington | 1.61× | 781 |
| Nebraska | 1.53× | 311 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Shayla and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Shayla (this page) | 30,933 | 1999 |
| Shaila | 3,260 | 2010 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Shayla's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Shayla.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Shayla (1999).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data