Jayla Girl
How popular is Jayla?
#529 girl name in 2025
569 baby girls were named Jayla in the US in 2025, making it the 529th most popular girl name.
Jayla popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #529 for girls (▼ 125 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 569 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-59% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #238 in 2015, #301 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2006 (3,410 girls) |
| Highest rank | #99 in 2006 |
| First recorded | 1968 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Jayla counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Jayla family of names ranked #402 for girls in 2025 (#322 the year before), with 772 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Jayla is most popular
Babies named Jayla per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Mexico: 1.1 per 1,000 (27 girls)
- Mississippi: 1.1 per 1,000 (51 girls)
- Louisiana: 1.1 per 1,000 (93 girls)
- South Carolina: 1.0 per 1,000 (89 girls)
- Connecticut: 1.0 per 1,000 (56 girls)
Jayla by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10 | #4,488 |
| 1970s | 71 | #4,651 |
| 1980s | 282 | #2,290 |
| 1990s | 3,494 | #316 |
| 2000s | 20,740 | #99 |
| 2010s | 16,554 | #132 |
| 2020s | 5,281 | #301 |
Girl names about as popular as Jayla
Questions
- Is Jayla a boy or girl name?
- Jayla is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Jayla were girls.
- How popular is the name Jayla?
- 569 baby girls were named Jayla in the US in 2025, making it the 529th most popular girl name.
- When was Jayla most popular?
- Jayla peaked in 2006, when 3,410 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #99 in 2006.
- How many people are named Jayla?
- 46,483 babies have been named Jayla in the US since 1880. We estimate about 46,116 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 17.
- Where is Jayla most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Jayla was most common in New Mexico, at 1.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.