Jalayla
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- juh-LAY-luh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #6,545 for girls
Jalayla is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
Where does Jalayla come from?
Modern: blend of the prefix Ja- and Layla
Is Jalayla a girl's or a boy's name?
Jalayla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jalayla in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,545th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady much the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Jalayla, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,001st. Its busiest year was 2020, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 2001.
Half of all the girls named Jalayla in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jalayla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2023 | 16 | #6,917 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 25 | #5,001 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 20 | #6,234 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 21 | #6,145 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
Nicknames for Jalayla
- Layla 954 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Jalayla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaniyah, Zayla, Jaliyah, Amoura, Kaliyah, Safa, Zahara, Zaliyah, Zamira, Zhamira, Jahzara, Amira
Names related to Jalayla
Jalayah, Jalaya, Jalaiyah, Jalaiya, Jalaiah, Jalaia, Jalayiah
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, “Jalayla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jalayla, updated 20 October 2026.