Jaina
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JAY-na
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,516 for girls
Jaina is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 3,516th for girls in the US (43 babies).
Where does Jaina come from?
Variant of Jana or Jayna; also the Sanskrit word for a follower of Jainism
Is Jaina a girl's or a boy's name?
Jaina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 43 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jaina in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 73% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Jaina, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 12 girls.
2025 had more girls named Jaina than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Jaina in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Jaina in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,454 |
| 2007 | 11 | #2,198 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 10 | #2,206 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 12 | #1,585 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,780 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
How popular is Jaina in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,516among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 43about 1 in 37,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 47% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 43 girls in the US were named Jaina, making it the 3,516th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,341st. Its busiest year was 2014, with 114 girls. It first appears in the records in 1963.
Half of all the girls named Jaina in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 87 girls in the US were given Jaina or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,873, up from #3,516 for this spelling alone.
- Jayna 44
- Jaina 43
Jaina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43 | #3,516 |
| 2024 | 43 | #3,575 |
| 2023 | 56 | #2,975 |
| 2022 | 66 | #2,639 |
| 2021 | 70 | #2,510 |
| 2020 | 75 | #2,341 |
| 2019 | 105 | #1,898 |
| 2018 | 87 | #2,159 |
| 2017 | 86 | #2,200 |
| 2016 | 112 | #1,841 |
| 2015 | 112 | #1,839 |
| 2014 | 114 | #1,794 |
| 2013 | 91 | #2,096 |
| 2012 | 75 | #2,449 |
| 2011 | 102 | #1,943 |
| 2010 | 86 | #2,237 |
| 2009 | 106 | #1,956 |
| 2008 | 73 | #2,557 |
| 2007 | 79 | #2,394 |
| 2006 | 65 | #2,728 |
| 2005 | 65 | #2,603 |
| 2004 | 68 | #2,478 |
| 2003 | 54 | #2,837 |
| 2002 | 54 | #2,776 |
| 2001 | 45 | #3,087 |
| 2000 | 34 | #3,733 |
| 1999 | 33 | #3,635 |
| 1998 | 25 | #4,363 |
| 1997 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 1996 | 27 | #3,937 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,672 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,707 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,001 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,830 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,661 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,147 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 8 | #5,817 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
Names like Jaina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Hafsa Ayla Hiba Raya Amira Zainab Khadija Ayra Rahma Maya Huda
Other spellings of Jaina
Names related to Jaina
Jana Jianna Janiyah Janna Jiyana Joana Janae Jiana Juana Janiya
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, “Jaina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jaina, updated 20 October 2026.