Girls' name · since 2008
Thayla
Since 2008, U.S. Social Security records show 16 babies named Thayla, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #49,277 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,296 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 16
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Thayla currently ranks #14296 among girls' names in America, with 16 babies recorded since 2008.
Thayla has 16 recorded births among girls since 2008, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #14296 as of the latest data, more common than 17% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2025.
- #49,277 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #14,296 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 16 born since 2008
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Thayla ranks #49,277 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,296 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 16 born since 2008, peaking in the 2020s.
- #49,277 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,296 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 16
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Thayla's 16 recorded births place it above 31.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Thayla compares
16 6th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Thayla's all-time total is 96% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Thayla | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 16 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 6 | 21 | 19,840 |
Thayla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Thayla's SSA record in two at 2021 and the more recent half accounts for 69% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 31%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2008, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Thayla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Thayla by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (11 births, 69% of the file).
2020s was Thayla's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Thayla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 11 births (69% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Thayla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~17 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, 2008–2025 (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 Thayla 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.