Hayla — #9147 US girls' name
462 babies named Hayla in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 48% of names given to girls today.
43% of everyone ever named Hayla was born in this single decade.
27 babies were named Hayla in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Hayla
The Social Security Administration has registered 462 babies named Hayla between 1987 and 2024, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Hayla currently holds the #9147 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 27 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Hayla performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 200 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Hayla shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Hayla in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Hayla 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 462 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.
Hayla at a glance
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Current rank
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Hayla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1987
- Peak year (2009)
- 27
- Annual births at peak — across 38 years of records
Currently ranks #9147 among girls.
462 total births across 38 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 27 births in a single year.
Hayla by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 200 births that decade — 43% of Hayla's all-time total
Hayla decade highlights
- Peak decade 200 births
- Runner-up 145 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Hayla's strongest decade
200 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% 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 462 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Ohio 1.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Ohio accounts for 1.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1987–2024 (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.