# Jaylah (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jaylah/  
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 | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 10,661 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 10,661 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 91, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

20th-century coinage, variant of Jayla.

## 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 | 558 | 521 |
| 2012 | 678 | 460 |
| 2013 | 1,366 | 235 |
| 2014 | 914 | 359 |
| 2015 | 667 | 483 |
| 2016 | 547 | 569 |
| 2017 | 488 | 616 |
| 2018 | 483 | 623 |
| 2019 | 428 | 676 |
| 2020 | 373 | 733 |
| 2021 | 359 | 790 |
| 2022 | 288 | 944 |
| 2023 | 223 | 1,100 |
| 2024 | 197 | 1,203 |
| 2025 | 169 | 1,321 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6 | 3,549 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4,171 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2,674 |
| 2019 | 7 | 3,151 |
| 2020 | 7 | 3,117 |
| 2021 | 7 | 3,192 |
| 2022 | 12 | 2,178 |
| 2023 | 7 | 3,218 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,843 |
| 2025 | 7 | 3,333 |

## People named Jaylah

- Doechii, American rapper and singer

## 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.