How popular is the name Skyla?

Skyla ranks 1,150th among girls' names in US records, with 14,080 births since 1959. Over the past decade it accounts for 4,746.

Is Skyla a unisex name?

No. Skyla is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2012, when 604 children were given the name. It has been in use for 66 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#1,150 of girl names

Pronounced S K AY1 L AA1 (ARPABET)

Skyla is a girls' name, and first appears in 1959. It has been given to 14,080 children — the 1,150th most common girls' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2012, when 604 children were given it.

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Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Skyla?: Skyla ranks 1,150th among girls' names in US records, with 14,080 births since 1959. Over the past decade it accounts for 4,746.
Is Skyla a unisex name?: No. Skyla is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Skyla most popular?: 2012, when 604 children were given the name. It has been in use for 66 years and is still recorded as of 2024.