Girls' name · since 1975
Takila
Since 1975, U.S. Social Security records show 203 babies named Takila, peaking in 1991. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #19,677 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 203
- born since 1975
- 1980s
- peak decade
Takila is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 203 have been recorded since 1975.
Takila has 203 recorded births among girls since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 1998.
- #19,677 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 203 born since 1975
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Takila ranks #19,677 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 203 born since 1975, peaking in the 1980s.
- #19,677 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 203
- born since 1975
- 1980s
- peak decade
Takila's 203 recorded births place it above 72.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Takila's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Takila splits its recorded history at 1985: 44% of all births land in the more recent half, 56% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1988 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1991 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Takila popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–1998
- Peak year (1991)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Takila by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (109 births, 54% of the file).
1980s was Takila's strongest decade.
109 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Takila births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
50 births
- 1980s
1980s
109 births
- 1990s
1990s
44 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 109 births (54% of all-time use).
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- Takila's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (109 total births) through the 1990s (44) -- 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 Takila: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~23 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, 1975–1998 (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 Takila 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.