Jaya Girl
How popular is Jaya?
#2,194 girl name in 2025
84 baby girls were named Jaya in the US in 2025, making it the 2194th most popular girl name.
Jaya popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,194 for girls (▲ 168 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 84 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-37% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,609 in 2015, #1,924 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2007 (183 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,296 in 2003 |
| First recorded | 1969 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 1% boys, 99% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Jaya counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Jaya family of names ranked #1,286 for girls in 2025 (#1,324 the year before), with 137 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jaya | 84 | 61% |
| Jaia | 31 | 23% |
| Jayah | 17 | 12% |
| Jaiah | 5 | 4% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Jaya is most popular
Babies named Jaya per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (42 girls)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (26 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (48 girls)
- Georgia: 0.0 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- Pennsylvania: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 girls)
Jaya by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7 | #5,972 |
| 1970s | 68 | #4,903 |
| 1980s | 139 | #4,147 |
| 1990s | 378 | #2,080 |
| 2000s | 1,510 | #1,296 |
| 2010s | 1,291 | #1,446 |
| 2020s | 514 | #1,924 |
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Questions
- Is Jaya a boy or girl name?
- Jaya is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Jaya were girls.
- How popular is the name Jaya?
- 84 baby girls were named Jaya in the US in 2025, making it the 2194th most popular girl name.
- When was Jaya most popular?
- Jaya peaked in 2007, when 183 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,296 in 2003.
- How many people are named Jaya?
- 3,935 babies have been named Jaya in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,897 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 17.
- Where is Jaya most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Jaya was most common in Florida, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.