Shayla

Girl · recorded 1950–2025

  • #1,777in 2025
  • 1 in 14,223girls in 2025
  • −65%last ten years
  • 1.5×in New York

Most popular in 1999.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1950

033567019501969198820062025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 72 recorded years as a table
Shayla, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19503
19534
19543
19554
19575
19584
19604
19615
19627
19634
196410
19657
19668
19679
196813
196917
197019
197199
197249
197347
197454
197574
1976122
1977213
1978206
1979188
1980266
1981295
1982299
1983319
1984309
1985323
1986319
1987335
1988380
1989385
1990421
1991454
1992469
1993459
1994454
1995481
1996601
1997598
1998561
1999670
2000556
2001584
2002543
2003547
2004500
2005441
2006528
2007535
2008510
2009437
2010390
2011328
2012269
2013244
2014210
2015198
2016152
2017140
2018128
2019116
2020122
202198
202285
202381
202469
202570

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. New York 1.5×
  2. Texas 0.9×
  3. California 0.9×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
113
Rank in 2025
#1,777
How rare
1 in 14,223 girls
Since 1950
30,933

Most popular in 1999, at 670 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 65% per million girls born.

Top 3 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
New York1.5×26
Texas0.9×33
California0.9×31

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.