Girls' name · since 1997
Rakayla
240 babies named Rakayla in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,003 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 240
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Rakayla is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 240 have been recorded since 1997.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rakayla has been recorded 240 times among girls since 1997, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2015.
- #18,003 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 240 born since 1997
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rakayla ranks #18,003 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 240 born since 1997, peaking in the 2000s.
- #18,003 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 240
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Rakayla's 240 recorded births place it above 75.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rakayla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Rakayla's SSA record in two at 2006 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2009, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2005 peak of 21, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Rakayla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2015
- Peak year (2005)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Rakayla by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (129 births, 54% of the file).
2000s was Rakayla's strongest decade.
129 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Rakayla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 34
1990s
34 births
- 2000s
2000s
129 births
- 2010s
2010s
77 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 129 births (54% of all-time use).
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- Rakayla's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (129 total births) through the 2010s (77) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rakayla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~18 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, 1997–2015 (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 Rakayla 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.