Nakayla — #9772 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Nakayla

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,814 babies named Nakayla between 1988 and 2024, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nakayla currently holds the #9772 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 118 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nakayla performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 984 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Nakayla shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 94 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Nakayla in 20 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nakayla 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 1,814 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.