How rare is the name Jaya?

5,196 people in the United States have the first name Jaya, about 1 in 58,128. It ranks #3,806 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JAYA

#3,806

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,196
About
1 in 58,128
This common or more
83.1%
Who bears it

Of the 5,196 people named Jaya, 47% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 21.8% as Black and 12.7% as White. 93.3% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Jaya peaked in 2007, when 189 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19692025
Peak year
2007
Births that year
189
In 2025*
84 ▼56%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 3,935 babies have been given the name since 1969. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Jaya by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #2,484. The largest share of babies named Jaya, 55.3%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#15,8207
1970s#9,89273
1980s#8,084139
1990s#5,169378
2000s#2,4841,522
2010s#2,9801,302
2020s#3,934514
Generation X 1965–802.5%
Millennials 1981–968%
Generation Z 1997–1255.3%
2013 and later34.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Jaya is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jaya has been most common in Florida (2.6×), California (2.1×), and Texas (1.5×), and least common in Virginia (0.79×).

2,085 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Jaya

#3,804 Alejandrina · 5,201#3,805 Rosana · 5,200#3,807 Destin · 5,191#3,808 Emile · 5,190

Spelled almost the same

6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jaya, most common first.

#339 Jay · 164,097#5,377 Jaye · 3,205#17,129 Jaia · 649#20,345 Jaiya · 509#21,175 Jayah · 482#53,461 Jayia · 99

Also a last name

As a last name, Jaya ranks #84,231 of 156,621, with 240 people. See Jaya as a last name

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