Recorded 2006–2019 Girls' name Peak 2008 38 births

Takylah — girls' name

38 babies named Takylah in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s172010s21
2010s
Peak decade

55% of everyone ever named Takylah was born in this single decade.

2008
Single peak year

6 babies were named Takylah in 2008 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Takylah

The Social Security Administration has registered 38 babies named Takylah between 2006 and 2019, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Takylah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Takylah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 21 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Takylah shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Takylah 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 38 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.

Takylah at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

38

Since 2006

14 years of records

Peak year

2008

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

2006

Recorded for 14 years

Last year on file: 2019

Takylah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–2006

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2008)
6
Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
4.555.566.5 2019201420112010200920082006 5

Takylah by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
21 births that decade — 55% of Takylah's all-time total
2000s172010s21

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Takylah?
38 babies have been named Takylah since 2006. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2008 with 6 births.
When was Takylah most popular?
Takylah was most popular in the 2010s decade with 21 total births. The single peak year was 2008.
How long has the name Takylah been used?
Takylah has been recorded in Social Security data since 2006, spanning 14 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Takylah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Takisha, Takiyah, Takia, Takara, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2006–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.