Fun Facts About the Name Jaylah
- More than 10 thousand babies named Jaylah: U.S. records list 10,661 babies given the name Jaylah from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Jaylah Mean?
Jaylah is a modern American name, and no meaning from an older language is established for it. It is usually treated as a variant of Jayla, built from the element Jay - familiar from names such as Jay and Jayden - plus the ending -la, the sound also found in Kayla and Layla. The added -h follows a common pattern in modern American spellings, as in Kaylah or Sarah. The similar-sounding Arabic name Layla (or Leila) means "night," but Jaylah's first syllable is not that Arabic word, and the two names do not have a shared documented origin. Because Jaylah is a recent formation rather than a name inherited from an older language, it has no literal translation; the meaning is best described as uncertain.
Jaylah Name History & Origins
Jaylah belongs to a group of American names built on the syllable pattern -ay-la that spread during the late twentieth century. Kayla, which became common in the mid-twentieth century, helped establish that pattern; Jayla followed as a J- form, and spellings such as Jaylah and Jayliah appeared alongside it. Names of this type circulated widely in the United States in the 1990s and 2000s, and Jaylah is found in a range of communities, including among African American families.
The name gained a broader audience when a character named Jaylah appeared in the 2016 film Star Trek Beyond. That is a well-known use of the name, not its origin, and it should not be confused with the name's earlier development. Older names that look or sound similar, such as the Arabic Layla, are historically separate and are not the source of Jaylah.
How Popular is the Name Jaylah?
Jaylah recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2013. Its best rank was #235 in 2013.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,321 | 169 | 0.0105% |
| 2024 | #1,199 | 197 | 0.0122% |
| 2023 | #1,100 | 223 | 0.0139% |
| 2022 | #941 | 288 | 0.0176% |
| 2021 | #790 | 359 | 0.0219% |
| 2020 | #733 | 373 | 0.0231% |
| 2019 | #676 | 428 | 0.0255% |
| 2018 | #623 | 483 | 0.0284% |
| 2017 | #616 | 488 | 0.0283% |
| 2016 | #569 | 547 | 0.0309% |
| 2015 | #483 | 667 | 0.0374% |
| 2014 | #359 | 914 | 0.0512% |
| 2013 | #235 | 1,366 | 0.0779% |
| 2012 | #460 | 678 | 0.0385% |
| 2011 | #521 | 558 | 0.0317% |
| 2010 | #657 | 446 | 0.0251% |
| 2009 | #731 | 397 | 0.0216% |
| 2008 | #802 | 360 | 0.0190% |
| 2007 | #960 | 283 | 0.0147% |
| 2006 | #905 | 293 | 0.0154% |
| 2005 | #1,247 | 182 | 0.0099% |
| 2004 | #1,304 | 164 | 0.0089% |
| 2003 | #1,413 | 141 | 0.0077% |
| 2002 | #1,209 | 167 | 0.0093% |
| 2001 | #1,400 | 136 | 0.0076% |
| 2000 | #1,746 | 100 | 0.0055% |
| 1999 | #1,904 | 83 | 0.0047% |
| 1998 | #2,381 | 59 | 0.0033% |
| 1997 | #2,714 | 46 | 0.0026% |
| 1996 | #4,106 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 1995 | #4,586 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 1994 | #9,129 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1993 | #9,038 | 9 | 0.0005% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Jaylah Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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