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Girl · Modern American coinage
Jayla
Say it: JAY-lah
Meaning
A modern American coinage, perhaps blending Jay with names such as Layla.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Became popular from the late 1990s.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 2000s
In the United States
- 42,218 babies given this name since 1968
- At its height in 2006, about 1 in 557 girls
- 1,061 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Jaila, Jaylah
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- Modern use, as a recently created name
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.