Girls' name · since 1991
Dekayla
295 babies named Dekayla in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,037 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 295
- born since 1991
- 2000s
- peak decade
Dekayla sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 295 recorded since 1991.
Social Security Administration records show Dekayla recorded 295 times among girls since 1991, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 2022.
- #16,037 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 295 born since 1991
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dekayla ranks #16,037 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 295 born since 1991, peaking in the 2000s.
- #16,037 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 295
- born since 1991
- 2000s
- peak decade
Dekayla's 295 recorded births place it above 77.8% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dekayla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Dekayla splits its recorded history at 2005: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1991 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2001 peak of 20 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Dekayla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2022
- Peak year (2001)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Dekayla by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (156 births, 53% of the file).
2000s was Dekayla's strongest decade.
156 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Dekayla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
71 births
- 2000s
2000s
156 births
- 2010s
2010s
63 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 156 births (53% of all-time use).
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- Dekayla's decade-level peak was the 2000s (156 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 Dekayla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~31 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, 1991–2022 (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 Dekayla 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.