Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Hyla isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1904. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hyla through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 560
- 0 boys · 560 girls
- Most popular year
- 1931
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,395 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,395 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 15 in 1931. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 390 as a first name in 2020; 184 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Hyla’s family of names
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Hyla
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Hyla, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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