Jakayla — #3845 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Jakayla

The Social Security Administration has registered 6,799 babies named Jakayla between 1988 and 2024, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jakayla currently holds the #3845 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 451 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jakayla performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 3,482 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Jakayla shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 674 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Jakayla in 25 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jakayla 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 6,799 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.