Shayla

Where Shayla comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Shayla.

  • Vowel-ended
Shayla through the years
  1. 1950
    First appearance
    #5,301 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1969
    Shayla LaVeaux born
    American pornographic actress
  3. 1990
    Shayla Worley born
    American artistic gymnast
  4. 1999
    Peak, #267
    1,188 babies named Shayla, the most in any year.
  5. 2011
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #509.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Shayla LaVeaux · American pornographic actress, born 1969
  • Shayla Worley · American artistic gymnast, born 1990
  • Shayla Beesley · actress, born 1988

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.