Girls' name · since 2003

Jakylah

Since 2003, U.S. Social Security records show 215 babies named Jakylah, peaking in 2012. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#19,072 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#8,197 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
215
born since 2003
2010s
peak decade

215 babies have been named Jakylah since 2003, making it today's #8197 girls' name.

Jakylah has 215 recorded births among girls since 2003, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8197 as of the latest data, more common than 53% of girls, 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 2003 to 2025.

  • #19,072 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #8,197 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 215 born since 2003
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jakylah ranks #19,072 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,197 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 215 born since 2003, peaking in the 2010s.

#19,072 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#8,197 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
215
born since 2003
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%52.6%
Jakylah vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Jakylah's 215 recorded births place it above 73.59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Jakylah compares

215 38th percentile among 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

Jakylah's all-time total is 43% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Jakylah Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 215 376 567,345
Peak-year births 23 21 19,840

Jakylah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Jakylah splits its recorded history at 2014: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2006 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2012 peak of 23 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Jakylah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2012)
23
Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
0510152025 20032007201020132016201920232025 13

Jakylah by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (115 births, 53% of the file).

2010s was Jakylah's strongest decade.

115 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.

Jakylah births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 115 births (53% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Jakylah?
215 babies have been named Jakylah since 2003. All-time, it sits at #19,072 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #8,197 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 2012 with 23 births.
Where does Jakylah sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jakylah ranks #19,072 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,197 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Jakylah most popular?
Jakylah was most popular in the 2010s decade with 115 total births. The single peak year was 2012.
How long has the name Jakylah been used?
The SSA has tracked Jakylah since 2003 -- 23 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Jakylah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Jakayla, Jakiyah, Jakiya, Jakira, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Jakylah's data

  • Jakylah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (115 total births) through the 2020s (46) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Jakylah

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Jakylah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2003–2025 (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 Jakylah 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.