Jaya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JAH-ya
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,642 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,194 for girls
Jaya is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “victory”. In 2025 it ranked 1,642nd for girls in the UK (19 babies) and 2,194th for girls in the US (84 babies).
What does Jaya mean?
Sanskrit
“victory”
Jaya, the victorious, is an epithet of the Hindu goddess Durga.
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Is Jaya a girl's or a boy's name?
Jaya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls in the UK and 84 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jaya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,642among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the UK were named Jaya, making it the 1,642nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,213th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 90 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 6 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Jaya than any year since 1998.
Half of all the girls named Jaya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,584th in England and Wales.
Jaya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #1,642 |
| 2024 | 23 | #1,449 |
| 2023 | 24 | #1,399 |
| 2022 | 27 | #1,283 |
| 2021 | 28 | #1,264 |
| 2020 | 29 | #1,213 |
| 2019 | 38 | #1,004 |
| 2018 | 29 | #1,237 |
| 2017 | 37 | #1,041 |
| 2016 | 45 | #901 |
| 2015 | 63 | #692 |
| 2014 | 43 | #936 |
| 2013 | 64 | #686 |
| 2012 | 78 | #597 |
| 2011 | 74 | #596 |
| 2010 | 78 | #565 |
| 2009 | 68 | #610 |
| 2008 | 80 | #531 |
| 2007 | 90 | #484 |
| 2006 | 80 | #515 |
| 2005 | 73 | #516 |
| 2004 | 78 | #489 |
| 2003 | 58 | #578 |
| 2002 | 53 | #600 |
| 2001 | 41 | #679 |
| 2000 | 37 | #715 |
| 1999 | 27 | #893 |
| 1998 | 18 | #1,199 |
| 1997 | 17 | #1,227 |
| 1996 | 15 | #1,309 |
How popular is Jaya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,194among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 84about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 84 girls in the US were named Jaya, making it the 2,194th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,924th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 183 girls. It first appears in the records in 1969.
Half of all the girls named Jaya in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 101 girls in the US were given Jaya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,677, up from #2,194 for this spelling alone.
- Jaya 84
- Jayah 17
Jaya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 84 | #2,194 |
| 2024 | 77 | #2,362 |
| 2023 | 89 | #2,142 |
| 2022 | 84 | #2,228 |
| 2021 | 81 | #2,266 |
| 2020 | 99 | #1,924 |
| 2019 | 107 | #1,875 |
| 2018 | 109 | #1,852 |
| 2017 | 104 | #1,930 |
| 2016 | 111 | #1,857 |
| 2015 | 133 | #1,609 |
| 2014 | 124 | #1,692 |
| 2013 | 138 | #1,565 |
| 2012 | 153 | #1,477 |
| 2011 | 156 | #1,446 |
| 2010 | 156 | #1,450 |
| 2009 | 160 | #1,450 |
| 2008 | 173 | #1,381 |
| 2007 | 183 | #1,326 |
| 2006 | 179 | #1,307 |
| 2005 | 146 | #1,451 |
| 2004 | 127 | #1,553 |
| 2003 | 160 | #1,296 |
| 2002 | 136 | #1,410 |
| 2001 | 145 | #1,321 |
| 2000 | 101 | #1,726 |
| 1999 | 73 | #2,092 |
| 1998 | 70 | #2,080 |
| 1997 | 42 | #2,871 |
| 1996 | 43 | #2,792 |
| 1995 | 34 | #3,280 |
| 1994 | 24 | #4,233 |
| 1993 | 25 | #4,095 |
| 1992 | 21 | #4,679 |
| 1991 | 28 | #3,716 |
| 1990 | 18 | #5,055 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,593 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,307 |
| 1986 | 13 | #5,456 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 15 | #4,685 |
| 1982 | 17 | #4,346 |
| 1981 | 16 | #4,531 |
| 1980 | 18 | #4,147 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,530 |
| 1976 | 12 | #4,903 |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 7 | #5,972 |
Names like Jaya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Priya Prisha Navya Krisha Arya Viha Isha Anya Shreya Kavya Aarya Aadhya
Other spellings of Jaya
Names related to Jaya
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Lila Arjun Aarav Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Vihaan 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, “Jaya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jaya, updated 20 October 2026.