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“Modern coinage — echoes names like Jaylen and Kayla” — Modern coinage origin
Girl's name · #530 in the US (2025) · 2000s
Jayla reached #99 in 2006 and has faded to #530 since. About 46,000 girls have carried it since 1968. Together with its spelling variant Jaylah (#1321), Jayla would rank around #424 with about 740 births last year — the newborns split about 77/23 between Jayla and Jaylah. Popular twin pairings with Jayla include Kayla for a girl, and Jayden and Jaylen for boys.
Around the world: about 1 in 3,900 girls in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 7,000 girls in England & Wales (2025) · about 1 in 18,000 girls in Austria (2025).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 38 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 43 notable people named Jayla:
Sports figures appear 4.05× more often than among typical names — e.g. Jayla Pina, American-Cape Verdean swimmer (born 2004).
Similar names: Jaylah · Kayleigh · Jayda · Laila · Alivia · Skyla
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