How rare is the name Jaylah?

6,591 people in the United States have the first name Jaylah, about 1 in 45,825. It ranks #3,248 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JAYLAH

#3,248

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,591
About
1 in 45,825
This common or more
82%
Who bears it

Of the 6,591 people named Jaylah, 45.5% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 38% as Black and 7.7% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Jaylah peaked in 2013, when 1,366 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19932025
Peak year
2013
Births that year
1,366
In 2025*
169 ▼88%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 10,661 babies have been given the name since 1993. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Jaylah by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #937. The largest share of babies named Jaylah, 61%, were born in 2013 or later.

1990s#6,806254
2000s#1,9092,223
2010s#9376,575
2020s#1,8331,609
Millennials 1981–960.6%
Generation Z 1997–1238.4%
2013 and later61%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Jaylah is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jaylah has been most common in Nevada (3.9×), California (2.6×), and Florida (2.1×), and least common in Minnesota (0.23×).

9,383 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Jaylah

#3,245 Shanon · 6,601#3,247 Adina · 6,597#3,249 Sylvie · 6,588#3,250 Stephon · 6,586

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jaylah, most common first.

#1,154 Jayla · 34,334#14,083 Jailah · 843#17,651 Jaelah · 620#19,505 Jalah · 541

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