Fun Facts About the Name Sayla
- 895 babies named Sayla: U.S. records list 895 babies given the name Sayla from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Sayla Mean?
Sayla is a rare spelling of the name usually written Shayla or Shaila, and it has no single settled meaning because those names come from more than one source. The Sanskrit word śaila (शैल), meaning mountain, gives the Indian name Shaila, an epithet of the goddess Parvati, whose father is the mountain Himalaya; Shyla is another spelling of that name. A separate source is Hebrew sela (סֶלַע), meaning rock, the word behind the biblical term Selah, whose sense in the Psalms is not securely understood. A third and unrelated source is Irish Síle, anglicized as Sheila, which comes from Latin Cecilia. These are independent origins, not versions of one another, so no one meaning can be claimed for Sayla.
Sayla Name History & Origins
Because Sayla is a respelling rather than a distinct coinage, its history is bound up with the spellings it matches. Shaila has long use in India as a name taken from Sanskrit śaila. Shayla and Shyla appear in English-speaking countries, where they are generally understood either as names related to Irish Sheila or as spellings of Shaila; in practice the three are often indistinguishable. The specific spelling Sayla is thinly documented, so its path into use cannot be traced with confidence. Sayla is also the name of a town in Gujarat, India, and occurs as a surname, uses that are separate from the given name.
How Popular is the Name Sayla?
Sayla has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2024. Its best rank was #2,226 in 2024.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,296 | 80 | 0.0050% |
| 2024 | #2,226 | 85 | 0.0053% |
| 2023 | #2,461 | 73 | 0.0046% |
| 2022 | #3,115 | 53 | 0.0032% |
| 2021 | #3,060 | 54 | 0.0033% |
| 2020 | #5,289 | 24 | 0.0015% |
| 2019 | #5,015 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 2018 | #4,440 | 32 | 0.0019% |
| 2017 | #6,764 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2016 | #4,967 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 2015 | #5,801 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2014 | #4,879 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 2013 | #4,866 | 29 | 0.0017% |
| 2012 | #5,229 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 2011 | #4,897 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 2010 | #5,084 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 2009 | #5,355 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 2008 | #6,766 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2007 | #6,053 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 2006 | #4,782 | 30 | 0.0016% |
| 2005 | #4,810 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 2004 | #11,456 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2003 | #6,528 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2002 | #6,340 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2001 | #7,255 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2000 | #6,432 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1999 | #7,164 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1998 | #9,950 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1997 | #11,842 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1992 | #13,024 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1991 | #14,918 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1990 | #14,773 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1983 | #11,651 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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