Girls' name · since 2004
Xayla
Xayla has 250 recorded births since 2004 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,611 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,859 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 250
- born since 2004
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Xayla is the #5859 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 250 recorded since 2004.
Xayla has 250 recorded births among girls since 2004, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5859 as of the latest data, more common than 66% 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 2004 to 2025.
- #17,611 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,859 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 250 born since 2004
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Xayla ranks #17,611 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,859 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 250 born since 2004, peaking in the 2020s.
- #17,611 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,859 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 250
- born since 2004
- 2020s
- peak decade
Xayla's 250 recorded births place it above 75.65% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Xayla compares
250 41st 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
Xayla's all-time total is 34% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Xayla | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 250 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 28 | 21 | 19,840 |
Xayla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Xayla splits its recorded history at 2017: 69% of all births land in the more recent half, 31% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2011 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 28 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Xayla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Xayla by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (140 births, 56% of the file).
2020s was Xayla's strongest decade.
140 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Xayla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 16
2000s
16 births
- 2010s
2010s
94 births
- 2020s
2020s
140 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 140 births (56% 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 | 8.0% |
20 of 250 births nationwide.
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- Texas records the most Xaylas (20 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Xayla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~21 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, 2004–2025 (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 Xayla 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.