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Jakaylah

Gender
Girl
Say it
ja-KAY-la
Origin
Modern

Jakaylah is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

Where does Jakaylah come from?

Modern: spelling of Jakayla; Ja- prefix with Kayla

Meaning borrowed from Jakayla.

Is Jakaylah a girl's or a boy's name?

Jakaylah is a girls' name.

How popular is Jakaylah in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 32 girls. It first appears in the records in 2000.

Half of all the girls named Jakaylah in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.

2000Busiest: 32 in 20092024
Jakaylah in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20246#13,472
20237#12,192
20225#15,300
202111#8,973
202012#8,401
201918#6,410
20180–
201714#7,836
201616#7,227
201513#8,443
20147#13,063
201314#8,131
201216#7,452
201115#7,779
201026#5,245
200932#4,570
200815#8,105
200716#7,729
200614#8,234
200512#8,878
200418#6,484
20037#12,401
20025#15,426
20019#10,095
20009#9,867

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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, “Jakaylah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jakaylah, updated 20 October 2026.