Skylah
#2,298 for girls in 2025, 79 births
- Peak · girls
- 2018 · 177 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,917since 1991
Skylah over time
Rank among girls' names. Skylah has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,298 | 79 |
| 2024 | #2,889 | 57 |
| 2023 | #1,826 | 110 |
| 2022 | #1,684 | 124 |
| 2021 | #1,680 | 123 |
| 2020 | #1,743 | 115 |
| 2019 | #1,366 | 165 |
| 2018 | #1,288 | 177 |
| 2017 | #1,451 | 155 |
| 2016 | #1,330 | 178 |
| 2015 | #1,372 | 172 |
| 2014 | #1,391 | 165 |
| 2013 | #1,457 | 153 |
| 2012 | #1,539 | 143 |
| 2011 | #1,646 | 130 |
| 2010 | #1,639 | 130 |
| 2009 | #1,989 | 104 |
| 2008 | #2,234 | 88 |
| 2007 | #2,858 | 63 |
| 2006 | #3,017 | 56 |
| 2005 | #2,636 | 64 |
| 2004 | #2,652 | 62 |
| 2003 | #2,673 | 59 |
| 2002 | #2,935 | 50 |
| 2001 | #2,881 | 50 |
| 2000 | #3,453 | 38 |
| 1999 | #2,991 | 44 |
| 1998 | #6,360 | 15 |
| 1997 | #5,228 | 19 |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 |
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| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 |
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| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Skylah! It came in at #11,509, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1992–1994, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Skylah is popular in 2011
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Massachusetts#459 · 1 in 2,322
- Maryland#756 · 1 in 3,997
- New York#925 · 1 in 5,457
- Georgia#962 · 1 in 5,301
- North Carolina#1,039 · 1 in 6,308
Best ever in a state: #459 in Massachusetts, 2011.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | #459 | 11 | 1 in 2,322 |
| Maryland | #756 | 6 | 1 in 3,997 |
| New York | #925 | 17 | 1 in 5,457 |
| Georgia | #962 | 9 | 1 in 5,301 |
| North Carolina | #1,039 | 7 | 1 in 6,308 |
| Virginia | #1,133 | 5 | 1 in 7,211 |
| Florida | #1,139 | 11 | 1 in 7,229 |
| California | #2,538 | 8 | 1 in 25,953 |
| Texas | #3,111 | 5 | 1 in 31,177 |
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See more about Skylah
- 591 spots since 2024 (#2,889 → #2,298)
- 555 spots since 2020 (#1,743 → #2,298)
- 926 spots since 2015 (#1,372 → #2,298)
- Debuted 1991
- Peaked 2018 at #1,288 (177 births)
- Births halved by 2024, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 9,611 girls born in 2018 were named Skylah (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 20,345 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 53.8% of all girls named Skylah (1,568) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 107 | #2,991 (1999) | #8,174 |
| 2000s | 634 | #1,989 (2009) | #2,733 |
| 2010s | 1,568 | #1,288 (2018) | #1,448 |
| 2020s | 608 | #1,680 (2021) | #2,020 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Skylah in 2011
Top girls' names in 2011
More about 2011
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1,759,066 girls got a published name in 2011; 1 in 13,531 of them was named Skylah, which outranked 91.6% of the 19,590 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,639Magaly131
- #1,639Poppy131
- #1,639Solange131
- #1,646Skylah130
- #1,646Betsy130
- #1,646Jenelle130
- #1,646Keegan130
- #1,655Annmarie129
- #1,655Ila129
- #1,655Jaslynn129
Tied with 8 names at #1,646; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.