The first name Jaylah
A girl’s name.
2 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
20th-century coinage, variant of Jayla.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
In 2025, 7 girls were named Jaylah, making it the 3,333rd most popular girls’ name. It peaked in 2022, with 12 births (#2,178).
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Jaylah with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Jaylah at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 169 girls born in the United States were named Jaylah, the 1,321st most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 2013, when 1,366 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Jaylah
1 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- DoechiiAmerican rapper and singer, born 1998
Questions
- What does the name Jaylah mean?
- 20th-century coinage, variant of Jayla.
- How popular is the name Jaylah?
- In 2025, 7 girls born in England and Wales were named Jaylah, ranking 3,333rd. Its peak was 2022, with 12 births.
- Is Jaylah a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 10,661 US babies named Jaylah since 1880 were girls.
- When was Jaylah most popular?
- 2013 in the United States, when 1,366 babies were named Jaylah, its highest rank at 235th.