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Skyla

Meaning
Scholar
Origin
Modern coinage — Shortened form of Skyler

Girl's name · #986 in the US (2025) · 2010s wave

Popularity over time

Skyla's best rank, #504, came in 2012; it has settled back to #986 today. Roughly 14,000 girls have been named Skyla since 1959.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 32 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#307 in New Zealand (2025) · #368 in England & Wales (2025) · #424 in Scotland (2025) · #668 in Canada (2024).

In stories & tradition

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Skylah (#2323), Skyla would rank around #812 with about 340 births last year — the newborns split about 76/24 between Skyla and Skylah.

Similar names: Skylah · Jaycee · Sky · Keyla · Sariah · Jayla

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