Girls' name · since 1987
Hayla
Hayla has 474 recorded births since 1987 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,253 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,545 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 474
- born since 1987
- 2000s
- peak decade
474 babies have been named Hayla since 1987, making it today's #8545 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hayla has been recorded 474 times among girls since 1987, currently ranked #8545 nationally and more common than 51% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2025.
- #12,253 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,545 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 474 born since 1987
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hayla ranks #12,253 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,545 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 474 born since 1987, peaking in the 2000s.
- #12,253 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,545 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 474
- born since 1987
- 2000s
- peak decade
Hayla's 474 recorded births place it above 83.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Ohio.
How Hayla compares
474 Top 46% higher than 54% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Hayla's all-time total is 26% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Hayla | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 474 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 27 | 21 | 19,840 |
Hayla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Hayla's full recorded timeline at 2008, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1987, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2009 peak of 27 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Hayla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Hayla by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (200 births, 42% of the file).
2000s was Hayla's strongest decade.
200 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Hayla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 65
1990s
65 births
- 2000s
2000s
200 births
- 2010s
2010s
145 births
- 2020s 59
2020s
59 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 200 births (42% of all-time use).
Hayla by state
Where Hayla concentrates geographically, total births since 1987
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 5 | 1.1% |
5 of 474 births nationwide.
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What to do with Hayla's data
- Hayla's decade-level peak was the 2000s (200 total births); usage has since declined to 59 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Ohio records the most Haylas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Ohio names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Hayla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~38 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, 1987–2025 (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 Hayla 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.