Jaya
Jaya is a feminine given name. It is also found in compound names of both male and female people.
- Hinduism
- Tamil
- Telugu
- Hindi
Meaning & Origin of Jaya
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jaya is a feminine given name. It is also found in compound names of both male and female people.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hinduism
- Tamil
- Telugu
- Hindi
- Marathi
The Story of Jaya
American parents first put Jaya on the record books as a baby girl name in 1969, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2007, when 183 Jayas were born — ranking #1,326 that year. About 38% of every Jaya on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Jaya ranks #2,409 for baby girls with 75 births, falling sharply (-20%). All told, over 4K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Jaya
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Jaya. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Jaya
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About the name Jaya
Jaya is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1969 and has accumulated 4K births in the dataset. Jaya's peak popularity came in 2007 when it ranked #1,297. Use the chart and map above to compare Jaya's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.