Jaia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JY-uh
- US rank, 2025
- #4,459 for girls
Jaia is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 4,459th for girls in the US (31 babies).
Where does Jaia come from?
Uncertain; perhaps a variant of Jaya or Gaia
Is Jaia a girl's or a boy's name?
Jaia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 31 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jaia in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Jaia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jaia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 2 | #7,302 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,543 |
| 2006 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 9 | #2,109 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
How popular is Jaia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,459th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 31 about 1 in 52,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 31 girls in the US were named Jaia, making it the 4,459th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,261st. Its busiest year was 2009, with 36 girls. It first appears in the records in 1989.
Half of all the girls named Jaia in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 77 girls in the US were given Jaia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,026, up from #4,459 for this spelling alone.
Jaia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #4,459 |
| 2024 | 30 | #4,558 |
| 2023 | 28 | #4,743 |
| 2022 | 31 | #4,470 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,960 |
| 2020 | 32 | #4,261 |
| 2019 | 23 | #5,445 |
| 2018 | 28 | #4,766 |
| 2017 | 29 | #4,693 |
| 2016 | 21 | #5,983 |
| 2015 | 24 | #5,456 |
| 2014 | 27 | #5,023 |
| 2013 | 23 | #5,642 |
| 2012 | 35 | #4,214 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 25 | #5,412 |
| 2009 | 36 | #4,195 |
| 2008 | 23 | #5,952 |
| 2007 | 34 | #4,379 |
| 2006 | 34 | #4,264 |
| 2005 | 35 | #4,025 |
| 2004 | 23 | #5,373 |
| 2003 | 32 | #4,105 |
| 2002 | 34 | #3,806 |
| 2001 | 34 | #3,781 |
| 2000 | 25 | #4,644 |
| 1999 | 25 | #4,440 |
| 1998 | 31 | #3,727 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,006 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
Names like Jaia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Hafsa, Zainab, Ayla, Raya, Maya, Aaliyah, Hiba, Ayah, Mia, Zara, Ava
Other spellings of Jaia
Names related to Jaia
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jaia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jaia, updated 20 October 2026.