Given name

Shylar

Shylar is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Shylar 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 1996. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Shylar through the years

Babies since 1880
43
0 boys · 43 girls
Most popular year
1996
6 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
0123420002025Highest share 19960.0
Shylar in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1996–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 127 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Similar names

If you love Shylar, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Shyma

“little mother”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Yerimar

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Sharai

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Shellby

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Sharnaye

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Shakarra

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Shanqual

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Ciarra

“a dark beauty”

0Not recently recordedCooling

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Shylar’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Shylar

A sister for Shylar