Girls' name · since 2000
Jakaylah
317 babies named Jakaylah in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,454 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 317
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Jakaylah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 317 have been recorded since 2000.
Jakaylah has 317 recorded births among girls since 2000, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2024.
- #15,454 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 317 born since 2000
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jakaylah ranks #15,454 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 317 born since 2000, peaking in the 2010s.
- #15,454 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 317
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Jakaylah's 317 recorded births place it above 78.62% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Jakaylah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jakaylah's full recorded timeline at 2012, 44% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 56% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2002, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2009 peak of 32 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jakaylah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2024
- Peak year (2009)
- 32
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Jakaylah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (139 births, 44% of the file).
2010s was Jakaylah's strongest decade.
139 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Jakaylah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
137 births
- 2010s
2010s
139 births
- 2020s 41
2020s
41 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 139 births (44% of all-time use).
Jakaylah by state
Where Jakaylah concentrates geographically, total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 1.6% |
5 of 317 births nationwide.
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What to do with Jakaylah's data
- Jakaylah's decade-level peak was the 2010s (139 total births); usage has since declined to 41 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Jakaylahs (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jakaylah: 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 (~24 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, 2000–2024 (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 Jakaylah 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.