Shayla

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Shayla: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Shayla: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #583 in 2003, and it stood at #3,318 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
34times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#583highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2350
1997	#1287
1998	#1480
1999	#928
2000	#897
2001	#685
2002	#809
2003	#583
2004	#687
2005	#745
2006	#639
2007	#612
2008	#650
2009	#594
2010	#593
2011	#635
2012	#789
2013	#882
2014	#877
2015	#760
2016	#1211
2017	#1733
2018	#1343
2019	#1703
2020	#1449
2021	#1866
2022	#2325
2023	#5687
2024	#3318

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2019: #871 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1703 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2350 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #583 among girls in England and Wales, in 2003 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3318 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Shayla appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 963 births with the name.

Shayla across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Shayla's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#2350 (1996)	#583 (2003)	#3318 (2024)	29 of 29	963 (1996–2024)	66 (2010)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#842 (2007)	#660 (2013)	#871 (2019)	5 of 13	18 (2007–2019)	5 (2013)

Shayla by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Shayla in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	55	4 of 10	14
2000sbusiest	451	10 of 10	45
2010s	400	10 of 10	40
2020s	57	5 of 10	11

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 45 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Shayla appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #583 in England and Wales in 2003.

Shayla's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3318	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2325	11	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1866	15	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1449	21	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1703	17	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1343	24	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1733	17	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1211	28	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#760	51	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#877	43	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#882	42	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#789	49	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#635	63	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#593	66	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#594	64	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#650	57	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#612	58	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#639	50	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#745	39	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#687	42	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#583	50	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#809	30	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#685	37	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#897	24	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#928	23	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1480	12	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1287	14	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2350	6	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#871	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#660	5	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#742	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #583, first reached in 2003.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 66 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2007, and 11 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Shaye · #914, 29y
Shayen · #2335, 11y
Shaylan · #1511, 23y
Shayma · #1151, 27y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Maliha · #583, 29y
Zahraa · #583, 29y
Ansh · #582, 24y
Arin · #582, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Amrit · #583, 29y
Cherry · #583, 29y
Maliha · #583, 29y
Noura · #583, 27y

Shayla was ranked #583 in England and Wales · Girls in 2003. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Shayla and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Shayla without appearing here.

Shayla moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5687 and #5687 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #5891.
Donna Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5687 and #5687 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #5891.
Evan Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5687 and #4709 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #5891.
Geraldine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5687 and #4709 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Shayla

Francis Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2325 and #2488 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #1863.
Marilyn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2325 and #2673 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #2063.
Malin Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2325 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #2346.
Logan Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2325 and #3533 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #3598.

Moved the opposite way to Shayla

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shayla went from #2350 to #3318 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shayla went from #2350 to #3318 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shayla went from #2350 to #3318 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shayla went from #2350 to #3318 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Shayla

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shayla went from #2350 to #3318 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shayla went from #2350 to #3318 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shayla went from #2350 to #3318 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shayla went from #2350 to #3318 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #583 in England and Wales in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Shayla

Shayla at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Shayla across 2 official records

Shayla by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Shayla at a glance

Shayla across 2 official records

Shayla by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Shayla and the names beside it

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