Jaylea — girls' name
276 babies named Jaylea in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
276 girls have been named Jaylea since 1997, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2020.
- 276
- total births
- 1997–2020
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 51%
- born in that decade
51% of everyone ever named Jaylea was born in this single decade.
25 babies were named Jaylea in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jaylea
The Social Security Administration has registered 276 babies named Jaylea between 1997 and 2020, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jaylea currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 25 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jaylea performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 141 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Jaylea shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Indiana, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jaylea in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jaylea 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 276 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.
Jaylea at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jaylea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1997
- Peak year (2008)
- 25
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
276 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 25 births in a single year.
Jaylea by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 141 births that decade — 51% of Jaylea's all-time total
Jaylea decade highlights
- Peak decade 141 births
- Runner-up 113 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Jaylea's strongest decade
141 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
Jaylea by state
Where Jaylea concentrates geographically — total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Indiana | | 5 | 1.8% |
5 of 276 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Indiana 1.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Indiana accounts for 1.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1997–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.