Jayla
Jayla is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Jayla
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jayla is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Jayla
American parents first put Jayla on the record books as a baby girl name in 1968, with 10 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2006, when 3,410 Jaylas were born — ranking #99 that year. About 44% of every Jayla on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Jayla ranks #426 for baby girls with 728 births, falling sharply (-33%). All told, over 47K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Jayla
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About the name Jayla
Jayla is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1968 and has accumulated 47K births in the dataset. Jayla's peak popularity came in 2006 when it ranked #99. Use the chart and map above to compare Jayla's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.