Takyla — girls' name

What the Data Says About Takyla

The Social Security Administration has registered 307 babies named Takyla between 1989 and 2022, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Takyla currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 28 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Takyla performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 195 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Takyla shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 22 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Mississippi. In total, SSA state-level files list Takyla in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Takyla 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 307 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.