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Jakayla

An English feminine name likely derived from the Sanskrit word Jaya meaning "victory, triumph".

Name Census estimates that about 6,707 living Americans carry the first name Jakayla. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Jakayla today is around 18 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Jakayla births was 2008 (451 babies).

This page is the full Name Census profile for Jakayla. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.

People living today

6.7K

~ 1 in 51,104 Americans

Peak year

2008

451 babies that year

Average age

18

years old

2024 SSA rank

#3,839

Tracked since 1988

Popularity

Jakayla: popularity over time

The SSA tracks Jakayla from the 1980s through to the 2020s, spanning 5 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2000s, with 3,482 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 2000s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.

Babies born per year

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Decades

Jakayla by decade

The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Jakayla during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.

DecadeMaleFemaleTotal
1980s01414
1990s0742742
2000s03,4823,482
2010s02,1902,190
2020s0371371

Geography

Where Jakaylas live

The SSA's state-level files cover 25 states and territories. Georgia, Texas, Florida recorded the most babies named Jakayla, while Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Kansas recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 229 registrations each.

Origin

Meaning and history of Jakayla

The name Jakayla is a modern invented name without any known ancient origins or historical records from established cultures or languages. It appears to be a creative combination of the common English names Jack and Kayla, likely emerging in the late 20th century.

There are no known references to this name in ancient texts, religious scriptures, or historical records from previous eras. It is a relatively new coinage without a clear etymology or linguistic root.

The earliest recorded examples of the name Jakayla are from birth records in the United States in the late 1980s and early 1990s. However, its usage remained extremely rare until the 2000s when it began to gain some popularity as a feminine given name.

As a recently invented name, there are no famous historical figures or notable individuals from earlier eras who bore the name Jakayla. The vast majority of people with this name were born in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

One of the earliest individuals named Jakayla was Jakayla Simmons, a high school basketball player from Tennessee who was born in the late 1980s. Another early individual with this name was Jakayla McElderry, a track and field athlete from California who competed in the early 2000s.

Other notable individuals named Jakayla include Jakayla Ivory, an American model and social media influencer born in the late 1990s, and Jakayla Williams, a college basketball player from Georgia who played in the late 2010s.

Jakayla Brown, a Canadian singer and songwriter born in the early 2000s, is another individual with this relatively modern name.

While the name Jakayla has gained some popularity in recent decades, it lacks the deep historical roots and cultural significance of many traditional names from established languages and cultures around the world.

People

Jakayla + last name combinations

How many people share a full name with Jakayla as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.

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FAQ

Jakayla: questions and answers

How many people in the U.S. are named Jakayla?

Name Census puts the figure at roughly 6,707 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Jakayla going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 51,104 US residents.

Is Jakayla a common name?

We classify Jakayla as "Rare". It ranks above 97.1% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 6,799 babies have been registered with this name.

When was Jakayla most popular?

The single biggest year for Jakayla was 2008, when 451 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Jakayla is about 18 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.

Is Jakayla a female name?

Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Jakayla in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.

Where does this data come from?

First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.

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