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Jayna

Gender
Girl
Say it
JAY-na
Origin
Modern
US rank, 2025
#3,458 for girls

Jayna is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,458th for girls in the US (44 babies).

Where does Jayna come from?

Modern: Jay + -na, or an elaboration of Jane

More on Wiktionary.

Is Jayna a girl's or a boy's name?

Jayna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 44 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Jayna in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2020, with 12 girls.

Half of all the girls named Jayna in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

1996Busiest: 12 in 20202024
Jayna in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20248#3,076
20234#4,915
20225#4,168
20211#7,491
202012#2,268
20193#5,804
20185#4,204
20175#4,250
20169#2,893
20154#4,951
20140–
20131#7,690
20124#5,058
20116#3,737
201010#2,540
20096#3,603
20088#2,895
20075#3,858
20067#2,940
20055#3,543
20044#3,916
200310#1,954
20025#3,047
20017#2,341
20008#2,097
19994#3,374
19987#2,304
199710#1,780
199610#1,741

How popular is Jayna in the US?

Rank in 2025
#3,458among girls
Babies in 2025
44about 1 in 37,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 22% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 44 girls in the US were named Jayna, making it the 3,458th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,179th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 179 girls. It first appears in the records in 1946.

2025 had fewer girls named Jayna than any year since 1977.

Half of all the girls named Jayna in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 87 girls in the US were given Jayna or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,873, up from #3,458 for this spelling alone.

1946Busiest: 179 in 20062025
Jayna in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202544#3,458
202456#2,930
202351#3,181
202253#3,073
202150#3,215
202049#3,179
201975#2,376
201870#2,508
201754#3,014
201681#2,321
201575#2,431
2014114#1,794
201384#2,211
2012129#1,651
2011113#1,789
2010127#1,668
2009130#1,704
2008145#1,573
2007164#1,438
2006179#1,307
2005175#1,277
2004152#1,372
2003159#1,304
2002143#1,350
2001161#1,240
2000128#1,429
1999123#1,420
1998108#1,541
199790#1,716
199678#1,862
199574#1,875
1994119#1,377
199375#1,878
199281#1,778
199169#1,990
199075#1,876
198989#1,570
198860#1,982
198762#1,859
198669#1,690
198567#1,709
198483#1,397
198364#1,700
198264#1,735
198168#1,674
198074#1,570
197969#1,623
197866#1,614
197738#2,341
197644#1,996
197533#2,411
197439#2,100
197340#2,019
197243#1,920
197143#1,966
197043#1,952
196942#1,927
196841#1,855
196735#1,980
196633#2,021
196534#1,993
196444#1,747
196352#1,564
196239#1,825
196157#1,480
196031#2,060
195931#2,020
195821#2,505
195712#3,488
195617#2,825
195515#2,970
195414#3,018
195312#3,268
195214#2,920
19510–
19500–
19499#3,611
19480–
19470–
19466#4,416

Nicknames for Jayna

Names like Jayna

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Jessica Jasmine Myla Francesca Kayla Ayla Fatima Lara Mia Safa Summer Maya

Other spellings of Jayna

Jaina

Names related to Jayna

Jana Janaya Janiyah Janna Jiyana Joana Janae Jiana Juana Janiya

More Modern names

Jayden Ailany Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn

Every Modern name

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, “Jayna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jayna, updated 20 October 2026.