Girls' name · since 2004

Jalyla

Since 2004, U.S. Social Security records show 50 babies named Jalyla, peaking in 2013. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#35,025 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#14,122 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
50
born since 2004
2020s
peak decade

Jalyla currently ranks #14122 among girls' names in America, with 50 babies recorded since 2004.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jalyla has been recorded 50 times among girls since 2004, currently ranked #14122 nationally and more common than 18% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2004 to 2025.

  • #35,025 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #14,122 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 50 born since 2004
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jalyla ranks #35,025 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,122 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 50 born since 2004, peaking in the 2020s.

#35,025 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#14,122 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
50
born since 2004
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%18.3%
Jalyla vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Jalyla's 50 recorded births place it above 51.4% 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 Jalyla compares

50 16th 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

Jalyla's all-time total is 87% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Jalyla Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 50 376 567,345
Peak-year births 6 21 19,840

Jalyla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Jalyla's full recorded timeline at 2018, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2004, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2013 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Jalyla popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2013)
6
Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
4.555.566.5 200420092013201620182020202120242025 6

Jalyla by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (22 births, 44% of the file).

2020s was Jalyla's strongest decade.

22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.

Jalyla births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 22 births (44% of all-time use).

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Jalyla?
50 babies have been named Jalyla since 2004. All-time, it sits at #35,025 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #14,122 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 2013 with 6 births.
Where does Jalyla sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jalyla ranks #35,025 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,122 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 Jalyla most popular?
Jalyla was most popular in the 2020s decade with 22 total births. The single peak year was 2013.
How long has the name Jalyla been used?
Records for Jalyla go back to 2004, giving 22 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Jalyla?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Jaliyah, Jalisa, Jalyn, Jalynn, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Two nationwide peer axes for Jalyla: 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, 2004–2025 (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 Jalyla 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.