Skylah

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Skylah: Recorded every year since 2006, it reached #791 in 2018, and it stood at #1,541 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
19times a registrar ranked it
19years from first to last
#791highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2006–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2006	#4157
2007	#2233
2008	#3860
2009	#2326
2010	#2392
2011	#1903
2012	#1525
2013	#1253
2014	#1016
2015	#942
2016	#1327
2017	#1021
2018	#791
2019	#1189
2020	#1100
2021	#1569
2022	#1383
2023	#1575
2024	#1541

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

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What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 2006 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2006–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2006
First recorded at #4157 among girls in England and Wales in 2006 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2006–2024
Highest recorded position: #791 among girls in England and Wales, in 2018 (recorded 2006–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1541 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Skylah 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 Skylah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	29	4 of 10	7
2010sbusiest	280	10 of 10	28
2020s	111	5 of 10	22

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 28 births a year.

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

Skylah appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2006 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #791 in England and Wales in 2018.

Skylah'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	#1541	20	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1575	19	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1383	23	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1569	19	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1100	30	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1189	28	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#791	48	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1021	35	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1327	25	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#942	38	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1016	35	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1253	27	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1525	20	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1903	14	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2392	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2326	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2233	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2006 and 2024, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #791, first reached in 2018.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 48 births, registered in England and Wales in 2018.

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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
19 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#1,541position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
48births registered in its largest year, 201825 to 49 births →

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.

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Skylar · #96, 28y
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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Alfie-Lee · #793, 22y
Evie-Grace · #789, 20y
Jorawar · #796, 16y
Sadiyah · #785, 24y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Ezmae · #791, 17y
Aiva · #790, 19y
Aleeha · #790, 18y
Aleia · #790, 13y

Skylah was ranked #791 in England and Wales · Girls in 2018. 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.

Skylah 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 Skylah without appearing here.

Skylah moved ahead of

Evan Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3860 and #3860 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #1903 and #5785.
Kai Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2326 and #2326 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #2392 and #5707.
Cecilie Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3860 and #3860 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #2326 and #5556.
Ellinor Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3860 and #3860 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #2326 and #5556.

Moved ahead of Skylah

Blake Compare
In 2015 they stood at #942 and #1240 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #1327 and #768.
Eabha Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1100 and #1313 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1569 and #1069.
Fiadh Compare
In 2018 they stood at #791 and #1436 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1189 and #1063.

Moved the opposite way to Skylah

Abigail Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Skylah went from #4157 to #1541 while Abigail went from #23 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Skylah went from #4157 to #1541 while Aimee went from #65 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Skylah went from #4157 to #1541 while Aisling went from #1004 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Skylah went from #4157 to #1541 while Alex went from #279 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Skylah

Ada Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Skylah went from #4157 to #1541 and Ada from #976 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Skylah went from #4157 to #1541 and Alma from #1087 to #234.
Amelia Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Skylah went from #4157 to #1541 and Amelia from #16 to #2.
Aria Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Skylah went from #4157 to #1541 and Aria from #1280 to #35.

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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2006 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #791 in England and Wales in 2018. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Skylah

Skylah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Skylah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Skylah at a glance

Skylah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Skylah

Skylah and the names beside it

Skylah moved ahead of

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