Girls' name · since 2000
Lajayla
37 babies named Lajayla in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #38,529 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 37
- born since 2000
- 2000s
- peak decade
Lajayla sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 37 recorded since 2000.
Lajayla has 37 recorded births among girls since 2000, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2010.
- #38,529 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 37 born since 2000
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lajayla ranks #38,529 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 37 born since 2000, peaking in the 2000s.
- #38,529 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 37
- born since 2000
- 2000s
- peak decade
Lajayla's 37 recorded births place it above 46.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lajayla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lajayla's SSA record in two at 2007 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2000, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2007 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lajayla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2010
- Peak year (2007)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Lajayla by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (31 births, 84% of the file).
2000s was Lajayla's strongest decade.
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 84% of all-time use.
Lajayla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
31 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 31 births (84% of all-time use).
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- Lajayla's decade-level peak was the 2000s (31 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lajayla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~10 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, 2000–2010 (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 Lajayla 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.