Shyla
Feminine · “of the mountain”
Shyla is a form of Shaila, an epithet of Parvati in Sanskrit — daughter of the mountain, from shaila, a rock.
How old is the name Shyla?
Shyla first appears in US birth records in 1942 — 83 years ago. The typical Shyla alive today was born around 2005, making them about 20 years old. About 7,900 people named Shyla are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Shyla most popular?
Shyla peaked in 2008, reaching #797 nationally. Today it ranks #2298, 1,501 places below that high. See the whole 2008 chart.
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Where it comes from
From shila to Shyla
The story of Shyla
Parvati is the daughter of Himavat, the personified Himalaya, and Shailaja and Shaila are among her epithets — the mountain's daughter. Separately, Sheila descends through Irish from a Latin name meaning blind. Shyla sits between the two and appears in American records in current use.
Meaningscholars disagree
of the mountain
Generally from the Sanskrit shaila, 'of the mountain' or 'rocky', from shila, 'stone' — an epithet of Parvati, herself the daughter of the Himalaya. It may alternatively be a respelling of Sheila, from the Irish Síle and the Latin Caecilia. Both are attributed.
How the name formed
- shila
- shaila
- Shyla
Related forms: शैला · Shaila · Sheila
Pronouncing Shyla
SHY-luh
Two syllables, stress on the first. Hindi Shaila is SHY-lah with fuller vowels.
Nicknames for Shyla
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1942
- Most girls named
- 2008365 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #797reached in 2008
- Change vs 2023
- −34.2%79 in 2025, from 120
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.
Shyla in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- शैला in Hindi — transliteration
- Shaila in English — spelling variant
- Sheila in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Florida, Texas.
Shylas among us
people named Shyla are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 20,345 born in 2025 was named Shyla
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Shyla
- #2298
- Shyla on the 2025 chart
- #838
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Shyla went to 79 girls in 2025, but Shylah and Shilah are the same name said out loud. Together the 3 spellings went to 122, which makes it the 838th most-given girls’ name of the year — 1,460 places above the chart.
About 1 girl in 13,174 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 20,345 for Shyla 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
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Stephaine test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Shyla's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Stephaine climbed just as high around 1983, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Stephaine's path sketches the road Shyla is walking now.
Shyla 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
Where Shyla is headed
Shyla should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Shyla beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Shyla in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The mountain's-daughter meaning is concrete and genuinely grand.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
- It works across Indian and English contexts.
- The origin is split between Sanskrit and Irish routes.
- The Shy clipping is an unfortunate English adjective.
- Shaila and Sheila are both close in sound.
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Frequently asked
- How many Shylas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 7,900 people named Shyla are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Shyla?
- Shyla is the most-used spelling in US records — 79 of the 122 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Shylah and Shilah.
- How popular is the name Shyla in 2025?
- Shyla ranks #2298 among US girl names in 2025, with 79 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Shyla?
- About 1 in every 20,345 US girls born in 2025 was named Shyla — 79 in all.
- Will my child share the name Shyla with classmates?
- Shyla will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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