Girls' name · since 2002
Dakyla
Since 2002, U.S. Social Security records show 60 babies named Dakyla, peaking in 2012. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #32,816 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 60
- born since 2002
- 2000s
- peak decade
Dakyla is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 60 have been recorded since 2002.
Dakyla has 60 recorded births among girls since 2002, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2022.
- #32,816 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 60 born since 2002
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dakyla ranks #32,816 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 60 born since 2002, peaking in the 2000s.
- #32,816 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 60
- born since 2002
- 2000s
- peak decade
Dakyla's 60 recorded births place it above 54.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dakyla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Dakyla's SSA record in two at 2010 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2002, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2012 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Dakyla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2022
- Peak year (2012)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Dakyla by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (28 births, 47% of the file).
2000s was Dakyla's strongest decade.
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Dakyla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
28 births
- 2010s
2010s
27 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 28 births (47% of all-time use).
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- Dakyla's decade-level peak was the 2000s (28 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dakyla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~20 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2002–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Dakyla draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.