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Girl · Modern American coinage
Jayla Say it: JAY-lah
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Meaning A modern American coinage, perhaps blending Jay with names such as Layla.
Uncertain several explanations, none settled.
Became popular from the late 1990s.
Its wave through time Most used in the 2000s
In the United States 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Peak 2006 per 1,000 babies of that sex 42,218 babies given this name since 1968 At its height in 2006, about 1 in 557 girls 1,061 babies in 2020 The family of the name Other spellings: Jaila, Jaylah
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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.