Feminine dossier · first seen 1950

Shayla

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Shayla
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 90.6% from peak

Peak era

1999

Peak rank proxy

1,187

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen Z

1950Peak 19992024

Peak year

1999

Decline from peak

90.6%

2024

111

All-time

30,817

Shayla once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1999, when 1,187 girls were named Shayla.

In 2024, only 111 girls were given the name.

Down 90.6% from its peak.

All told, about 30,817 Americans have been named Shayla and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1950.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Z

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 90.6% from peak

19991,187 girls named Shayla

2024111 girls named Shayla

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