Skyla

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Skyla: Recorded since 1996, it reached #82 in 2015, and it stood at #315 in 2024.

5registrars recorded it
43times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#82highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1998	#3142
1999	#1805
2000	#1095
2001	#1439
2002	#1104
2003	#1083
2004	#1012
2005	#824
2006	#770
2007	#496
2008	#639
2009	#410
2010	#342
2011	#280
2012	#198
2013	#176
2014	#156
2015	#139
2016	#152
2017	#164
2018	#189
2019	#194
2020	#219
2021	#240
2022	#248
2023	#323
2024	#315

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #315 among girls in England and Wales, #541 among girls in Scotland.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3795 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 recorded2012–2015
Highest recorded position: #82 among girls in New Zealand, in 2015 (recorded 2012–2015).
New Zealand · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #315 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Skyla appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 28 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 4,167 births with the name.

Skyla across 4 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.

Skyla'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	#3795 (1996)	#139 (2015)	#315 (2024)	28 of 29	4,167 (1996–2024)	401 (2015)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#842 (2007)	#747 (2013)	#883 (2021)	4 of 15	13 (2007–2021)	4 (2013)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#430 (2010)	#276 (2016)	#418 (2022)	8 of 13	30 (2010–2022)	6 (2016)
New Zealand · Girls	#87 (2012)	#82 (2015)	#82 (2015)	2 of 4	105 (2012–2015)	55 (2015)

Skyla 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 Skyla in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	16	3 of 10	5
2000s	408	10 of 10	41
2010sbusiest	2,850	10 of 10	285
2020s	893	5 of 10	179

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 285 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2011 and 2012, when recorded births rose by 79, from 174 to 253.

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

Skyla 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 5 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #82 in New Zealand in 2015.

Skyla'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	#315	137	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#323	137	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#248	192	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#240	209	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#219	218	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#194	250	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#189	278	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#164	343	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#152	360	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#139	401	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#156	356	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#176	301	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#198	253	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#280	174	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#342	134	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#410	103	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#639	58	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#496	78	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#770	40	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#824	34	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1012	24	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1083	21	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1104	19	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1439	13	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1095	18	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1805	9	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
2015	New Zealand	female	#82	55	High	Verified
2012	New Zealand	female	#87	50	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#418	3	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#350	4	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#397	3	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#424	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#276	6	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#426	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#314	5	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#430	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#883	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#893	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#541	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #82, first reached in 2015.

It held a top-100 place in 2 years.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 401 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2007, and 28 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.

Sky · #197, 29y
Skye · #45, 37y
Skyla-Mae · #1635, 15y
Skyla-Rae · #1711, 13y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 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.

Tyson · #82, 33y
Wyatt · #82, 29y
Koby · #84, 29y
Milo · #80, 31y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Ayda · #82, 18y
Wyatt · #82, 29y
Khloe · #83, 29y
Marnie · #81, 30y

Skyla was ranked #82 in New Zealand · Girls in 2015. 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.

Skyla 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 Skyla without appearing here.

Skyla moved ahead of

Francis Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3795 and #2683 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #824 and #3970.
Teddy Compare
In 2001 they stood at #3795 and #3795 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1104 and #4137.
Karin Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1805 and #1557 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #1095 and #3912.
Linnea Compare
In 1999 they stood at #3795 and #2683 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #1095 and #3912.

Moved ahead of Skyla

Ida Compare
In 2018 they stood at #276 and #440 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2019 that had become #424 and #213.
Nora Compare
In 2014 they stood at #314 and #365 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #426 and #269.
Aurora Compare
In 2014 they stood at #314 and #365 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #426 and #312.
Harper Compare
In 2012 they stood at #198 and #284 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #176 and #160.

Moved the opposite way to Skyla

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Skyla went from #3795 to #315 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Skyla went from #3795 to #315 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Skyla went from #3795 to #315 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Skyla went from #3795 to #315 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Skyla

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Skyla went from #3795 to #315 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Skyla went from #3795 to #315 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Skyla went from #3795 to #315 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Skyla went from #3795 to #315 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

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 5 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #82 in New Zealand in 2015. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Skyla

Skyla at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Skyla across 4 official records

Skyla by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Skyla appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Skyla at a glance

Skyla across 4 official records

Skyla by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Skyla appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Skyla

Skyla and the names beside it

Skyla moved ahead of

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