Jayley — #11547 US girls' name
297 babies named Jayley in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 35% of names given to girls today.
50% of everyone ever named Jayley was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Jayley in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jayley
The Social Security Administration has registered 297 babies named Jayley between 1998 and 2024, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jayley currently holds the #11547 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jayley performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 148 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Jayley shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jayley 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 297 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.
Jayley at a glance
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Current rank
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Jayley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1998
- Peak year (2014)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
Currently ranks #11547 among girls.
297 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 22 births in a single year.
Jayley by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 148 births that decade — 50% of Jayley's all-time total
Jayley decade highlights
- Peak decade 148 births
- Runner-up 111 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Jayley's strongest decade
148 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
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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, 1998–2024 (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.