Jaya
Jaya is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 77 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 770.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 2007183 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1969
- 3,822people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,822 girls have been named Jaya in the United States since 1969, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2007, with 183 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2008, and the 2000s alone account for 40%.
By decade
In 2007, its biggest year
Jaya was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2007 were Emily, Isabella, Emma, Ava and Madison. See all of 2007.
Names that rose and fell with Jaya
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Arelypeak 2007
- Aiyanapeak 2010
- Chloepeak 2009
- Malaynapeak 2004
- Nadiyapeak 2003
- Kamrynpeak 2008
- Naiyapeak 2014
- Emelypeak 2008
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.