# Jayla (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jayla/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈd͡ʒeɪlə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 46,483 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 51 / 46,432 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 437, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

1990s coinage similar to Jaylen and Kayla.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2,090 | 149 |
| 2012 | 1,847 | 170 |
| 2013 | 1,839 | 174 |
| 2014 | 1,625 | 207 |
| 2015 | 1,394 | 238 |
| 2016 | 1,391 | 232 |
| 2017 | 1,350 | 237 |
| 2018 | 1,351 | 241 |
| 2019 | 1,286 | 251 |
| 2020 | 1,074 | 301 |
| 2021 | 1,039 | 308 |
| 2022 | 949 | 340 |
| 2023 | 862 | 355 |
| 2024 | 788 | 404 |
| 2025 | 569 | 530 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 5 | 10,646 |
| 2001 | 6 | 9,814 |
| 2002 | 5 | 11,472 |
| 2003 | 5 | 11,696 |
| 2004 | 12 | 6,311 |
| 2006 | 7 | 10,046 |
| 2007 | 6 | 11,551 |
| 2009 | 5 | 13,321 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 15 | 1,807 |
| 2012 | 16 | 1,809 |
| 2013 | 12 | 2,176 |
| 2014 | 18 | 1,628 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,945 |
| 2016 | 21 | 1,525 |
| 2017 | 22 | 1,457 |
| 2018 | 26 | 1,272 |
| 2019 | 23 | 1,349 |
| 2020 | 29 | 1,127 |
| 2021 | 36 | 957 |
| 2022 | 19 | 1,556 |
| 2023 | 27 | 1,206 |
| 2024 | 31 | 1,097 |
| 2025 | 36 | 973 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.