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.
55% of everyone ever named Takylah was born in this single decade.
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 2019Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Takylah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–2006
- Peak year (2008)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2019.
38 total births across 14 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 6 births in a single year.
Takylah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 21 births that decade — 55% of Takylah's all-time total
Takylah decade highlights
- Peak decade 21 births
- Runner-up 17 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Takylah's strongest decade
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
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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.