Jakala — girls' name

What the Data Says About Jakala

The Social Security Administration has registered 258 babies named Jakala between 1992 and 2012, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jakala currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jakala performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 161 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Jakala shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jakala in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jakala 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 258 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.