NameTides

Jaylah

Jaylah was the #1,318 girls' name in the US in 2025 (169 babies), and #3,333 in England & Wales and #2,282 in Canada.

Jaylah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Jaylah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Jaylah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,318 (169)#3,333 (7)#2,282 (9)
2024#1,202 (197)#4,844 (4)#2,685 (7)
2023#1,098 (223)#3,219 (7)#3,290 (5)
2022#940 (288)#2,178 (12)—
2021#790 (359)#3,192 (7)#1,876 (11)
2020#732 (373)#3,117 (7)#1,359 (17)
2019#675 (428)#3,151 (7)#1,922 (11)
2018#623 (483)#2,674 (9)#1,862 (11)
2017#616 (488)#4,763 (4)#1,454 (16)
2016#569 (547)#5,785 (3)—
2015#483 (667)#5,730 (3)#1,874 (11)
2014#359 (914)#5,691 (3)#2,026 (10)
2013#235 (1,366)#5,742 (3)#2,376 (8)
2012#459 (678)#4,171 (5)#2,338 (8)
2011#521 (558)#3,549 (6)#1,882 (11)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2013 at #235.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1993.

How common is it?

about 1 in 9,500 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 9,500uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 36,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 17,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Jaylah is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 12,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 11,000 to 1 in 13,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Jaylah by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,240ILMichigan: #1,210MINew York: #1,526NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #815INOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: #540CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #830CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,180VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,281NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,533GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,062TXFlorida: #1,112FL
Jaylah (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JaylahCanadaGirls#2,2829
JaylahEngland & WalesGirls#3,3337
JaylahNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
JaylahUSGirls#1,318169