Jayla

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Jayla: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Jayla: Recorded since 2002, it reached #333 in 2020, and it stood at #898 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
23years from first to last
#333highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2002–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2002	#4137
2004	#2278
2005	#3970
2006	#1386
2007	#1443
2008	#1815
2009	#1668
2010	#1653
2011	#1807
2012	#1809
2013	#2176
2014	#1628
2015	#2945
2016	#1525
2017	#1457
2018	#1272
2019	#1349
2020	#1127
2021	#957
2022	#1556
2023	#1206
2024	#1097

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 22 of the 23 years from 2002 to 2024.

In 2024: #898 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1097 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 2002–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2002
First recorded at #4137 among girls in England and Wales in 2002 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2006–2020
Highest recorded position: #333 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2020 (recorded 2006–2020).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1097 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Jayla appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 22 years beginning in 2002, and has registered 401 births with the name.

Jayla across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Jayla's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#4137 (2002)	#957 (2021)	#1097 (2024)	22 of 23	401 (2002–2024)	36 (2021)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#893 (2009)	#893 (2009)	#898 (2024)	2 of 16	6 (2009–2024)	3 (2009)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#384 (2006)	#333 (2020)	#333 (2020)	6 of 15	21 (2006–2020)	4 (2011)

Jayla by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Jayla in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	81	7 of 10	12
2010s	178	10 of 10	18
2020sbusiest	142	5 of 10	28

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 28 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Jayla appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 2002 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #333 in Northern Ireland in 2020.

Jayla's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1097	31	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1206	27	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1556	19	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#957	36	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1127	29	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1349	23	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1272	26	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1457	22	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1525	21	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2945	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1628	18	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2176	12	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1809	16	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1807	15	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1653	17	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1668	16	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1815	14	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1443	18	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1386	18	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2278	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#333	4	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#336	4	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#434	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#439	3	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#363	4	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#384	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#898	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#893	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 2002 and 2024, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #333, first reached in 2020.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 36 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2006, and 7 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Jaye · #620, 18y
Jayen · #2403, 20y
Jaylah · #2178, 15y
Jaylan · #882, 25y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Naya · #333, 27y
Joris · #334, 18y
Markas · #334, 17y
Rion · #334, 26y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Elsie-Mae · #333, 19y
Theia · #333, 20y
Aobh · #332, 11y
Joris · #334, 18y

Jayla was ranked #333 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2020. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Jayla and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Jayla without appearing here.

Jayla moved ahead of

Belinda Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2945 and #2945 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #1525 and #5785.
Dianne Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3970 and #2970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1386 and #5061.
Francis Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3970 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1386 and #5061.
Maren Compare
In 2005 they stood at #4137 and #4137 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1386 and #5061.

Moved ahead of Jayla

Blake Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1628 and #2203 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2945 and #1240.
Harper Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1443 and #1573 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #1815 and #1391.
Fiadh Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1272 and #1436 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1349 and #1063.

Moved the opposite way to Jayla

Abigail Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Jayla went from #4137 to #1097 while Abigail went from #22 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Jayla went from #4137 to #1097 while Aimee went from #65 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Jayla went from #4137 to #1097 while Aisling went from #513 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Jayla went from #4137 to #1097 while Alex went from #233 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Jayla

Ada Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Jayla went from #4137 to #1097 and Ada from #2301 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Jayla went from #4137 to #1097 and Alma from #2105 to #234.
Amelia Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Jayla went from #4137 to #1097 and Amelia from #25 to #2.
Aria Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Jayla went from #4137 to #1097 and Aria from #2540 to #35.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 2002 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #333 in Northern Ireland in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Jayla

Jayla at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Jayla across 3 official records

Jayla by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Jayla across 3 official records

Jayla by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Jayla moved ahead of

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