Shyla is an uncommon variant of Sheila that peaked in 2008 and has grown less common since.
Shyla is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #2,322 for girl births in the United States (and #4,183 across all names), given to 79 babies. Shyla first appears in 1942 and peaked in 2008 (365 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 79 | 79 | #2,322 |
| 2024 | 108 | 108 | #1,866 |
| 2023 | 120 | 120 | #1,720 |
| 2022 | 127 | 127 | #1,668 |
| 2021 | 145 | 145 | #1,483 |
| 2020 | 160 | 160 | #1,368 |
| 2019 | 111 | 111 | #1,842 |
| 2018 | 110 | 110 | #1,850 |
| 2017 | 111 | 111 | #1,852 |
| 2016 | 112 | 112 | #1,854 |
| 2015 | 159 | 159 | #1,452 |
| 2014 | 159 | 159 | #1,433 |
| 2013 | 191 | 191 | #1,253 |
| 2012 | 225 | 225 | #1,106 |
| 2011 | 252 | 252 | #1,004 |
| 2010 | 304 | 304 | #876 |
| 2009 | 352 | 352 | #806 |
| 2008 | 365 | 365 | #797 |
| 2007 | 352 | 352 | #818 |
| 2006 | 288 | 288 | #920 |
| 2005 | 231 | 231 | #1,039 |
| 2004 | 216 | 216 | #1,073 |
| 2003 | 206 | 206 | #1,078 |
| 2002 | 179 | 179 | #1,155 |
| 2001 | 201 | 201 | #1,062 |
| 2000 | 191 | 191 | #1,085 |
| 1999 | 213 | 213 | #973 |
| 1998 | 178 | 178 | #1,090 |
| 1997 | 187 | — | #1,028 |
| 1996 | 174 | — | #1,070 |
| 1995 | 151 | — | #1,155 |
| 1994 | 142 | — | #1,231 |
| 1993 | 125 | — | #1,339 |
| 1992 | 126 | — | #1,336 |
| 1991 | 128 | — | #1,305 |
| 1990 | 109 | — | #1,444 |
| 1989 | 100 | — | #1,469 |
| 1988 | 95 | — | #1,452 |
| 1987 | 97 | — | #1,396 |
| 1986 | 77 | — | #1,568 |
| 1985 | 72 | — | #1,646 |
| 1984 | 68 | — | #1,630 |
| 1983 | 77 | — | #1,494 |
| 1982 | 119 | — | #1,164 |
| 1981 | 79 | — | #1,527 |
| 1980 | 76 | — | #1,549 |
| 1979 | 73 | — | #1,588 |
| 1978 | 64 | — | #1,665 |
| 1977 | 56 | — | #1,826 |
| 1976 | 38 | — | #2,249 |
| 1975 | 43 | — | #2,050 |
| 1974 | 37 | — | #2,206 |
| 1973 | 46 | — | #1,855 |
| 1972 | 37 | — | #2,129 |
| 1971 | 28 | — | #2,657 |
| 1970 | 13 | — | #4,454 |
| 1969 | 18 | — | #3,300 |
| 1968 | 11 | — | #4,449 |
| 1967 | 15 | — | #3,458 |
| 1966 | 10 | — | #4,444 |
| 1965 | 7 | — | #5,738 |
| 1964 | 7 | — | #5,924 |
| 1963 | 6 | — | #6,488 |
| 1961 | 7 | — | #5,760 |
| 1960 | 5 | — | #7,162 |
| 1958 | 6 | — | #6,010 |
| 1957 | 6 | — | #5,992 |
| 1956 | 6 | — | #5,865 |
| 1955 | 6 | — | #5,743 |
| 1954 | 5 | — | #6,510 |
| 1953 | 5 | — | #6,403 |
| 1951 | 5 | — | #6,115 |
| 1948 | 7 | — | #4,597 |
| 1947 | 5 | — | #6,015 |
| 1942 | 7 | — | #4,077 |