Jaiya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JY-uh
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #4,660 for girls
Jaiya is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,660th for girls in the US (29 babies).
Where does Jaiya come from?
Sanskrit: probably a spelling of Jaya 'victory'
Is Jaiya a girl's or a boy's name?
Jaiya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 29 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jaiya in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 17 girls.
Half of all the girls named Jaiya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jaiya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 12 | #2,328 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 2013 | 12 | #2,309 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 17 | #1,755 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 15 | #1,840 |
| 2007 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 2006 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 9 | #2,109 |
| 2002 | 9 | #2,040 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
How popular is Jaiya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,660among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 29about 1 in 55,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 29 girls in the US were named Jaiya, making it the 4,660th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,878th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 45 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Jaiya in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 77 girls in the US were given Jaiya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,026, up from #4,660 for this spelling alone.
Jaiya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #4,660 |
| 2024 | 23 | #5,440 |
| 2023 | 37 | #3,982 |
| 2022 | 44 | #3,535 |
| 2021 | 32 | #4,322 |
| 2020 | 26 | #4,878 |
| 2019 | 28 | #4,772 |
| 2018 | 25 | #5,148 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,040 |
| 2016 | 31 | #4,530 |
| 2015 | 36 | #4,068 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,014 |
| 2012 | 38 | #3,987 |
| 2011 | 35 | #4,150 |
| 2010 | 45 | #3,515 |
| 2009 | 32 | #4,570 |
| 2008 | 32 | #4,646 |
| 2007 | 28 | #5,095 |
| 2006 | 24 | #5,544 |
| 2005 | 25 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 27 | #4,812 |
| 2003 | 27 | #4,663 |
| 2002 | 27 | #4,494 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,202 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
Names like Jaiya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Raya Maya Zainab Hafsa Ayah Aaliyah Hiba Anaya Arya Amaya Amira
Other spellings of Jaiya
Names related to Jaiya
More Sanskrit names
Bodhi Lila Arjun Aarav Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Vihaan Aadhya Avyaan Ishaan Siya Leena Shivansh
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, “Jaiya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jaiya, updated 20 October 2026.