Jakayla
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ja-KAY-la
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #3,779 for girls
Jakayla is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,779th for girls in the US (39 babies).
Where does Jakayla come from?
Modern: Ja- prefix with Kayla
Is Jakayla a girl's or a boy's name?
Jakayla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 39 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jakayla in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,779among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 39about 1 in 41,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 39 girls in the US were named Jakayla, making it the 3,779th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,924th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 451 girls. It first appears in the records in 1988.
Half of all the girls named Jakayla in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jakayla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | #3,779 |
| 2024 | 39 | #3,822 |
| 2023 | 77 | #2,352 |
| 2022 | 78 | #2,364 |
| 2021 | 79 | #2,309 |
| 2020 | 99 | #1,924 |
| 2019 | 113 | #1,802 |
| 2018 | 119 | #1,727 |
| 2017 | 164 | #1,400 |
| 2016 | 213 | #1,176 |
| 2015 | 172 | #1,372 |
| 2014 | 245 | #1,057 |
| 2013 | 216 | #1,121 |
| 2012 | 274 | #934 |
| 2011 | 298 | #875 |
| 2010 | 377 | #739 |
| 2009 | 434 | #669 |
| 2008 | 451 | #676 |
| 2007 | 415 | #701 |
| 2006 | 384 | #731 |
| 2005 | 387 | #705 |
| 2004 | 343 | #760 |
| 2003 | 321 | #771 |
| 2002 | 249 | #898 |
| 2001 | 267 | #854 |
| 2000 | 231 | #929 |
| 1999 | 206 | #994 |
| 1998 | 135 | #1,310 |
| 1997 | 127 | #1,350 |
| 1996 | 88 | #1,709 |
| 1995 | 58 | #2,277 |
| 1994 | 32 | #3,443 |
| 1993 | 44 | #2,720 |
| 1992 | 20 | #4,842 |
| 1991 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,861 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
Names like Jakayla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jaliyah Jayla Amira Kaliyah Aaliyah Zaniyah Samira Zariah Zayla Janiyah Jahzara Safa
Names related to Jakayla
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, “Jakayla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jakayla, updated 20 October 2026.