girls:
420 births since 1976
#5296 (7th percentile)
overall:
420 births since 1976
#7319 (5th percentile)
The name Chyla is the #7,319 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 420 recorded births since 1976. This represents the 5.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,296 (7.3% percentile) for all time with 420 births since 1976.
Chyla first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1976 (first recorded for girls in 1976). Birth data for Chyla is available in 42 out of the 48 years between 1976 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Chyla reached its peak popularity in 1983, achieving the 4.0% percentile (ranked #744) with 20 births per million. The name was most common in 1983, with 20 births per million (ranked 4.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Chyla ranks #944 for girls (0.3% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 22.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Chyla".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Chyla", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 20 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Kyla" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Kyla..
Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Chyla. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 47.5% confident that Chyla is pronounced as KAI-luh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SHAI-luh, at 25.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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