Syla

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

Syla by the numbers

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

Its American peak was 10 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Syla

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 Syla. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Silastrength or virtue5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Selarock or stone; biblical musical term27 in the US (2017)
  • Solaalone or sole9 in the US (2017)
  • Salahouse, hall7 in the US (2017)
  • Skyla117 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Shyla110 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Syla

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

  • Cylah11 in the US (2017)
  • Cyla5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Syla

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