Xayla — #4973 US girls' name
228 babies named Xayla in U.S. Social Security records since 2004, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 72% of names given to girls today.
52% of everyone ever named Xayla was born in this single decade.
27 babies were named Xayla in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Xayla
The Social Security Administration has registered 228 babies named Xayla between 2004 and 2024, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Xayla currently holds the #4973 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 27 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Xayla performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 118 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Xayla shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 20 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Xayla in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Xayla 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 228 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.
Xayla at a glance
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Current rank
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Xayla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2004
- Peak year (2024)
- 27
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
Currently ranks #4973 among girls.
228 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 27 births in a single year.
Xayla by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 118 births that decade — 52% of Xayla's all-time total
Xayla decade highlights
- Peak decade 118 births
- Runner-up 94 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Xayla's strongest decade
118 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
Xayla by state
Where Xayla concentrates geographically — total births since 2004
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 20 | 8.8% |
20 of 228 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 8.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 8.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2004–2024 (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.