Skyla

What Skyla means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Skyla yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Down from #550 in 2015 to #983 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Skyla?

US: Falling: down from #550 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #139 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2012, when 605 girls got the name (#504 that year). First in the US records in 1959.

How common

• About 1 in 6,254 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,165 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,236 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MN (0.42 per 1,000 girls), WI (0.39 per 1,000 girls), NC (0.28 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Skyla is #983 in the US and #366 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Skyla were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Skylah79 US · 24 E&W
• Skylee50 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Skyla

Girls

• Lillian#57possibly “lily”^*
• Juliana#256Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #256 vs #1,892 in 2025
• Lilly#252Form of Lilian, possibly meaning “lily”^*
• Sophia#5“wisdom”^*
• Olivia#1“olive; olive branch”^*
• Nevaeh#165From the word “heaven”^*

For a brother

• Carson#124“rock”^*
• Jackson#36Editor’s note Down from #17 in 2015 to #36 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 260 US boys in the 2025 records
• Maximus#275Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1997, with 5 babies
• Jayden#70Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #20 in 2015, #70 in 2025
• Isaac#47“he laughs, he will laugh”^*
• Owen#31Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #31 vs #170 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Skyla’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.