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Cyla

Feminine

1988high 2002
#10107 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare9 girls in 2025

Cyla entered the US charts in 1988, peaked at #6392 in 2002, ranks #10107 in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.

How old is the name Cyla?

Cyla first appears in US birth records in 1988 — 37 years ago. The typical Cyla alive today was born around 2009, making them about 16 years old. About 300 people named Cyla are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Cyla most popular?

Cyla peaked in 2002, reaching #6392 nationally. Today it ranks #10107, 3,715 places below that high. See the whole 2002 chart.

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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

GIRLS NAMED · 1988–2025179017919882025

US babies named Cyla per year from 1988 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#63921980s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1988
Most girls named
200217 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#6392reached in 2002
Change vs 2024
+28.6%9 in 2025, from 7
Cyla sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2002, with 17 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Cylas among us

300

people named Cyla are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 girl in 178,585 born in 2025 was named Cyla

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Cyla

#10107
Cyla on the 2025 chart
#862
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Cyla went to 9 girls in 2025, but Sila, Syla and Sylah and the rest below are the same name said out loud. Together the 6 spellings went to 98, which makes it the 862nd most-given girls’ name of the year — 9,245 places above the chart.

  • Sila37
  • Syla27
  • Sylah12
  • Cyla9
  • Scylla7
  • Silah6

About 1 girl in 16,401 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 178,585 for Cyla itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Mindel test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Cyla's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Mindel climbed just as high around 1960, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Mindel's path sketches the road Cyla is walking now.

40%chance Cyla will feel dated by 2040
Cyla, aligned on its peakMindel· peak 1960not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-20 yrs+60 yrsMindel · #7946Cyla today
Cyla today is about where Mindel stood in 1983 — 23 years past a #6390-sized peak. By 1998, Mindel had settled around #12948.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Cyla sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Cyla beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Cyla in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Cylathis name9#10107Berta9#10107Jettie9#10107Maye9#10107Osa9#10107

US girls given each name in 2025.

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Frequently asked

How many Cylas are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 300 people named Cyla are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Cyla?
Cyla is one of 6 recorded spellings. Sila is the more common one — 37 births in 2025 against 9 for Cyla.
How popular is the name Cyla in 2025?
Cyla ranks #10107 among US girl names in 2025, with 9 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Cyla?
About 1 in every 178,585 US girls born in 2025 was named Cyla — 9 in all.
Will my child share the name Cyla with classmates?
Cyla will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Cyla

Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.

Berta#10107 · Jettie#10107 · Maye#10107 · Osa#10107 · Fidelia#10107 · Alysa#10107 · Su#10107 · Willie#10107

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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology

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