Dakayla
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- duh-KAY-luh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Dakayla is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
Where does Dakayla come from?
Modern: modern coinage, Da- prefix + Kayla
Is Dakayla a girl's or a boy's name?
Dakayla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dakayla in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Dakayla, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2006, with 36 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the girls named Dakayla in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dakayla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 21 | #6,107 |
| 2011 | 23 | #5,725 |
| 2010 | 30 | #4,734 |
| 2009 | 27 | #5,225 |
| 2008 | 20 | #6,556 |
| 2007 | 28 | #5,095 |
| 2006 | 36 | #4,072 |
| 2005 | 27 | #4,824 |
| 2004 | 26 | #4,945 |
| 2003 | 27 | #4,663 |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,440 |
| 2001 | 26 | #4,559 |
| 2000 | 19 | #5,700 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
Names like Dakayla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kaliyah, Zaniyah, Amira, Aaliyah, Jaliyah, Zariah, Zayla, Samira, Safa, Zahara, Salma, Zamira
Names related to Dakayla
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Dakayla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dakayla, updated 20 October 2026.