Fun Facts About the Name Tyla
- More than 3 thousand babies named Tyla: U.S. records list 3,376 babies given the name Tyla from 1880 through 2025. Even 7 boys received the name Tyla - about 1 boy for every 481 girls.
What Does the Name Tyla Mean?
Tyla is an English feminine given name, usually understood as a respelling of the masculine name Tyler. Tyler began as an English occupational surname for a tile maker, from Middle English tiler or tyler and Old French tieulier, both going back to Latin tegula, "tile." The literal meaning is therefore "tile maker." The spelling Tyla replaces the ending -er with -a, a pattern English speakers often use to give a surname-based name a feminine form. Some bearers may use Tyla without any link to Tyler, and in that case the name has no separate documented etymology of its own.
Tyla Name History & Origins
Tyler is recorded in medieval England as a surname for a craftsman's trade - a tiler who laid roof tiles. Like many occupational surnames, it later became a given name, first for boys and then, in the twentieth century, for girls as well, often through feminine spellings such as Tyla, Tylah, or Tyler itself. Tyla keeps the sound of Tyler while changing the ending, and it is this surname-derived route that gives the name its customary meaning.
Tyla is also used in South Africa, where the singer Tyla, born Tyla Laura Seethal, is a well-known bearer. Whether that South African use descends from the English name Tyler or has a separate background is not something the available evidence makes clear.
How Popular is the Name Tyla?
Tyla 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 2025. Its best rank was #1,397 in 1999.
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 | #1,510 | 142 | 0.0088% |
| 2024 | #1,546 | 138 | 0.0086% |
| 2023 | #3,424 | 47 | 0.0029% |
| 2022 | #3,760 | 41 | 0.0025% |
| 2021 | #3,151 | 52 | 0.0032% |
| 2020 | #3,394 | 46 | 0.0028% |
| 2019 | #2,726 | 63 | 0.0038% |
| 2018 | #3,608 | 43 | 0.0025% |
| 2017 | #3,690 | 42 | 0.0024% |
| 2016 | #3,517 | 45 | 0.0025% |
| 2015 | #3,251 | 51 | 0.0029% |
| 2014 | #2,806 | 62 | 0.0035% |
| 2013 | #3,565 | 44 | 0.0025% |
| 2012 | #3,092 | 55 | 0.0031% |
| 2011 | #2,905 | 60 | 0.0034% |
| 2010 | #2,585 | 71 | 0.0040% |
| 2009 | #2,889 | 61 | 0.0033% |
| 2008 | #2,534 | 75 | 0.0040% |
| 2007 | #2,084 | 98 | 0.0051% |
| 2006 | #1,690 | 125 | 0.0066% |
| 2005 | #1,817 | 108 | 0.0058% |
| 2004 | #1,725 | 113 | 0.0062% |
| 2003 | #1,732 | 110 | 0.0060% |
| 2002 | #1,803 | 100 | 0.0056% |
| 2001 | #2,010 | 85 | 0.0047% |
| 2000 | #1,587 | 112 | 0.0062% |
| 1999 | #1,397 | 127 | 0.0072% |
| 1998 | #1,619 | 101 | 0.0057% |
| 1997 | #1,782 | 85 | 0.0049% |
| 1996 | #1,509 | 107 | 0.0061% |
| 1995 | #1,700 | 87 | 0.0049% |
| 1994 | #2,101 | 66 | 0.0037% |
| 1993 | #1,739 | 86 | 0.0048% |
| 1992 | #2,547 | 50 | 0.0027% |
| 1991 | #2,133 | 63 | 0.0034% |
| 1990 | #2,520 | 48 | 0.0025% |
| 1989 | #3,564 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 1988 | #3,477 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 1987 | #2,849 | 35 | 0.0020% |
| 1986 | #3,455 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 1985 | #3,614 | 24 | 0.0014% |
| 1984 | #3,521 | 24 | 0.0014% |
| 1983 | #2,907 | 30 | 0.0018% |
| 1982 | #3,526 | 24 | 0.0014% |
| 1981 | #5,563 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1980 | #5,894 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1979 | #5,085 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 1978 | #5,547 | 12 | 0.0008% |
| 1977 | #3,753 | 20 | 0.0013% |
| 1976 | #3,955 | 17 | 0.0012% |
| 1975 | #3,765 | 18 | 0.0012% |
| 1974 | #3,855 | 17 | 0.0012% |
| 1973 | #2,681 | 27 | 0.0019% |
| 1972 | #3,710 | 17 | 0.0011% |
| 1971 | #3,642 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 1970 | #3,105 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 1969 | #3,006 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 1968 | #2,425 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 1967 | #3,646 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1966 | #3,550 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1965 | #3,725 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1963 | #4,006 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1962 | #3,774 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1961 | #5,807 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1960 | #5,664 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1958 | #6,972 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | #9,176 | 7 | 0.0004% |
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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