Jayla
#529 for girls in 2025, 569 births · Last seen for boys in 2009 at #12,491
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2006 · 3,410 births
- Debut · girls
- 10 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 1 yrof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 46,432since 1968
Jayla over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #529 | 569 | — | |
| 2024 | #404 | 788 | — | |
| 2023 | #355 | 862 | — | |
| 2022 | #340 | 949 | — | |
| 2021 | #308 | 1,039 | — | |
| 2020 | #301 | 1,074 | — | |
| 2019 | #251 | 1,286 | — | |
| 2018 | #241 | 1,351 | — | |
| 2017 | #237 | 1,350 | — | |
| 2016 | #232 | 1,391 | — | |
| 2015 | #238 | 1,394 | — | |
| 2014 | #207 | 1,625 | — | |
| 2013 | #174 | 1,839 | — | |
| 2012 | #170 | 1,847 | — | |
| 2011 | #149 | 2,090 | — | |
| 2010 | #132 | 2,381 | — | |
| 2009 | #128 | 2,539 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #117 | 2,927 | — | |
| 2007 | #131 | 2,625 | #10,921 | 6 |
| 2006 | #99 | 3,410 | #9,585 | 7 |
| 2005 | #197 | 1,765 | — | |
| 2004 | #216 | 1,561 | #6,138 | 12 |
| 2003 | #200 | 1,661 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #210 | 1,571 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | #222 | 1,422 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #261 | 1,259 | — | |
| 1999 | #316 | 982 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #387 | 715 | — | |
| 1997 | #461 | 544 | — | |
| 1996 | #554 | 421 | — | |
| 1995 | #694 | 307 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,133 | 158 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,237 | 140 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,622 | 94 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,740 | 83 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,437 | 50 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,714 | 41 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,295 | 48 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,780 | 35 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,620 | 37 | — | |
| 1985 | #3,328 | 26 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,915 | 30 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,109 | 18 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,527 | 16 | — | |
| 1981 | #5,571 | 12 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,992 | 19 | — | |
| 1979 | #5,092 | 13 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,214 | 12 | — | |
| 1977 | #4,652 | 14 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,905 | 12 | — | |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 | — | |
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| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | — | |
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| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 | — | |
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| 1968 | #4,489 | 10 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Jayla! It came in at #4,489, and was given to 10 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1969, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Jayla is popular in 2010
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Louisiana#57 · 1 in 285
- Mississippi#58 · 1 in 275
- Georgia#67 · 1 in 345
- South Carolina#77 · 1 in 340
- North Carolina#80 · 1 in 405
Best ever in a state: #26 in Mississippi, 2006.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #57 | 69 | 1 in 285 |
| Mississippi | #58 | 40 | 1 in 275 |
| Georgia | #67 | 139 | 1 in 345 |
| South Carolina | #77 | 52 | 1 in 340 |
| North Carolina | #80 | 111 | 1 in 405 |
| Florida | #81 | 189 | 1 in 421 |
| Tennessee | #82 | 73 | 1 in 402 |
| Alabama | #88 | 47 | 1 in 402 |
| Delaware | #92 | 9 | 1 in 297 |
| Hawaii | #99 | 10 | 1 in 323 |
| Wyoming | #102 | 5 | 1 in 254 |
| District of Columbia | #104 | 9 | 1 in 330 |
| Kentucky | #105 | 39 | 1 in 471 |
| Maryland | #108 | 52 | 1 in 468 |
| New York | #108 | 164 | 1 in 567 |
| Rhode Island | #110 | 8 | 1 in 375 |
| Michigan | #112 | 76 | 1 in 547 |
| Illinois | #121 | 107 | 1 in 568 |
| South Dakota | #124 | 8 | 1 in 377 |
| Connecticut | #125 | 23 | 1 in 531 |
| New Jersey | #126 | 66 | 1 in 564 |
| New Mexico | #131 | 15 | 1 in 496 |
| Ohio | #132 | 83 | 1 in 624 |
| Arkansas | #139 | 20 | 1 in 567 |
| Pennsylvania | #139 | 84 | 1 in 630 |
| Indiana | #140 | 49 | 1 in 619 |
| Nevada | #141 | 21 | 1 in 520 |
| Virginia | #141 | 56 | 1 in 637 |
| Massachusetts | #144 | 41 | 1 in 623 |
| Wisconsin | #144 | 38 | 1 in 618 |
| Missouri | #153 | 41 | 1 in 667 |
| Texas | #158 | 199 | 1 in 802 |
| West Virginia | #163 | 11 | 1 in 600 |
| Washington | #172 | 38 | 1 in 798 |
| Alaska | #176 | 5 | 1 in 483 |
| Oklahoma | #178 | 23 | 1 in 735 |
| Arizona | #182 | 40 | 1 in 789 |
| Nebraska | #193 | 12 | 1 in 657 |
| California | #209 | 200 | 1 in 1,055 |
| Colorado | #221 | 26 | 1 in 879 |
| Kansas | #243 | 14 | 1 in 955 |
| Minnesota | #271 | 21 | 1 in 1,155 |
| Oregon | #282 | 14 | 1 in 1,077 |
| Iowa | #314 | 10 | 1 in 1,287 |
| Utah | #565 | 7 | 1 in 2,595 |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
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| North Dakota | — | — | — |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Jayla
- 125 spots since 2024 (#404 → #529)
- 228 spots since 2020 (#301 → #529)
- 291 spots since 2015 (#238 → #529)
- Biggest jump: 439 spots in 1995 (#1,133 → #694)
- Biggest drop: 125 spots in 2025 (#404 → #529)
- Debuted 1968
- Peaked 2006 at #99 (3,410 births)
- Births halved by 2014, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 1 yr · 2006
- Top 1,000: 31 yrs · run 1995–2025
- Highest: 1 in 558 girls born in 2006 were named Jayla (0.18%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,825 girls born in 2025 (0.04%)
- 44.7% of all girls named Jayla (20,740) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10 | #4,489 (1968) | #4,489 |
| 1970s | 71 | #4,652 (1977) | #5,857 |
| 1980s | 282 | #2,295 (1988) | #3,485 |
| 1990s | 3,494 | #316 (1999) | #1,058 |
| 2000s | 20,740 | #99 (2006) | #178 |
| 2010s | 16,554 | #132 (2010) | #203 |
| 2020s | 5,281 | #301 (2020) | #373 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Jayla in 2010
Top girls' names in 2010
More about 2010
girls
1,777,595 girls got a published name in 2010; 1 in 747 of them was named Jayla, which outranked 99.3% of the 19,841 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.