How Many People Are Named Chyla?
An estimated 422 people in the United States have the first name Chyla. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 23 years old, and Chyla peaked in popularity in 1983 with 36 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Chyla as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Chyla paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
422
About 1 in 812,214 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
23
years old
Peak Year
1983
36 births
Total Registered
433
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Chyla
Chyla is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 433 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Chyla as a female name
Ranked #8,026 in 2024
13 female births in 2024
Peak: 1983 (36 births)
Chyla: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Chyla span from the 1970s to the 2020s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 125 babies were registered. While Chyla is less common than at its peak in the 2000s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Chyla by Decade
How has Chyla tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Chyla + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Chyla as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Chyla: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Chyla?
We estimate approximately 422 people named Chyla are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 812,214 Americans share this first name.
Is Chyla a common name?
Chyla is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 82.9% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 433 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Chyla most popular?
Chyla reached peak popularity in 1983, when 36 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Chyla is approximately 23 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Chyla a female name?
Chyla is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Chyla Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Chyla Smith, Chyla Johnson, Chyla Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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