Dekayla — girls' name
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.
53% of everyone ever named Dekayla was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Dekayla in 2001 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dekayla
The Social Security Administration has registered 295 babies named Dekayla between 1991 and 2022, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dekayla currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dekayla performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 156 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Dekayla shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dekayla in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 295 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Dekayla at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dekayla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1991
- Peak year (2001)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
295 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2001 with 20 births in a single year.
Dekayla by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 156 births that decade — 53% of Dekayla's all-time total
Dekayla decade highlights
- Peak decade 156 births
- Runner-up 71 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Dekayla's strongest decade
156 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 53% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1991–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.