Girls' name · since 2001
Jeyla
Jeyla has 271 recorded births since 2001 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2013 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,816 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,556 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 271
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
271 babies have been named Jeyla since 2001, making it today's #12556 girls' name.
Jeyla has 271 recorded births among girls since 2001, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12556 as of the latest data, more common than 27% 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 2001 to 2025.
- #16,816 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,556 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 271 born since 2001
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jeyla ranks #16,816 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,556 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 271 born since 2001, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,816 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,556 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 271
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Jeyla's 271 recorded births place it above 76.72% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Jeyla compares
271 43rd 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
Jeyla's all-time total is 28% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jeyla | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 271 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 26 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jeyla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jeyla splits its recorded history at 2014: 41% of all births land in the more recent half, 59% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2001 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2013 peak of 26 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jeyla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2013)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Jeyla by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (145 births, 54% of the file).
2010s was Jeyla's strongest decade.
145 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Jeyla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
69 births
- 2010s
2010s
145 births
- 2020s 57
2020s
57 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 145 births (54% of all-time use).
Jeyla by state
Where Jeyla concentrates geographically, total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 16 | 5.9% |
| #2 | California | | 13 | 4.8% |
| #3 | New York | | 5 | 1.8% |
16 of 271 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Jeyla's data
- Jeyla's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (145 total births) through the 2020s (57) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Jeylas (16 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 Jeyla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
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, 2001–2025 (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 Jeyla 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.