Skyla

“Modern coinage — shortened form of Skyler” — Modern coinage origin

Girl's name · #986 in the US (2025) · 2010s

Skyla's best rank, #504, came in 2012; it has settled back to #986 today. Roughly 14,000 girls have been named Skyla since 1959. Together with its spelling variant Skylah (#2323), Skyla would rank around #812 with about 340 births last year — the newborns split about 76/24 between Skyla and Skylah.

Around the world: about 1 in 990 girls in New Zealand (2025) · about 1 in 2,200 girls in England & Wales (2025) · about 1 in 2,200 girls in Scotland (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 32 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

In stories & tradition

Skyla — Pokémon

Similar names: Skylah · Jaycee · Sky · Keyla · Sariah · Jayla

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