Jaidev
Boy · JY-dayv · Sanskrit
Jaidev is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “god of victory”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Jaidev mean?
Sanskrit: Sanskrit jaya, victory, + deva, god
“god of victory”
Jayadeva was a twelfth-century Sanskrit poet who wrote the Gita Govinda, a lyric poem on Radha and Krishna.
- Say it
- JY-dayv
Is Jaidev a girl's or a boy's name?
Jaidev is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jaidev in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 6 boys.
Jaidev in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
How popular is Jaidev in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Jaidev, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 2001.
2025 had more boys named Jaidev than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Jaidev in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jaidev in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
Names like Jaidev
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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