Skyla

Where Skyla comes from

20th-century invention, shortened from Skyler.
— Wiktionary's entry for Skyla
  • Vowel-ended
Skyla through the years
  1. 1959
    First appearance
    #4,625 among girls with 8 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2012
    Peak, #504
    605 babies named Skyla, the most in any year.
  3. 2025
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #983.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name originating as a coinage.
Namesakes

No widely recognized namesakes for Skyla in Wikidata.

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.