Jayla

Where Jayla comes from

1990s coinage similar to Jaylen and Kayla.
— Wiktionary's entry for Jayla
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1968
    First appearance
    #4,489 among girls, 10 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2004
    Jayla Pina born
    American-Cape Verdean swimmer
  3. 2006
    Peak, #99
    3,410 babies named Jayla — more than any year before or since.
  4. 2014
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #207.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name originating as a coinage.
Namesakes
  • Jayla Pina · American-Cape Verdean swimmer, born 2004

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.