Cyla

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Cyla by the numbers

Cyla was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 17 babies in 2002, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Cyla

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Cyla. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Calacastle or fortification8 in the US (2017)
  • Cayla67 in the US (2017)
  • Cyra19 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Cylah11 in the US (2017)
  • Cyle11 in the US (2017)
  • Chyla5 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Cyla

Names that are said the same way as Cyla, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Silastrength or virtue5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Syla5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Cyla

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