# Jaya (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jaya/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | “victory” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,935 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 28 / 3,907 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,392, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit जय (jaya, literally “victory”).

## What it means

Jaya is grouped under victory.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 156 | 1,447 |
| 2012 | 153 | 1,481 |
| 2013 | 138 | 1,566 |
| 2014 | 124 | 1,700 |
| 2015 | 133 | 1,614 |
| 2016 | 111 | 1,859 |
| 2017 | 104 | 1,937 |
| 2018 | 109 | 1,856 |
| 2019 | 107 | 1,880 |
| 2020 | 99 | 1,933 |
| 2021 | 81 | 2,276 |
| 2022 | 84 | 2,234 |
| 2023 | 89 | 2,147 |
| 2024 | 77 | 2,374 |
| 2025 | 84 | 2,204 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 5 | 5,256 |
| 2004 | 6 | 10,562 |
| 2007 | 6 | 11,549 |
| 2011 | 6 | 11,457 |
| 2016 | 5 | 13,071 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 70 | 575 |
| 2012 | 72 | 587 |
| 2013 | 62 | 652 |
| 2014 | 41 | 907 |
| 2015 | 63 | 649 |
| 2016 | 42 | 881 |
| 2017 | 36 | 1,002 |
| 2018 | 28 | 1,200 |
| 2019 | 34 | 1,017 |
| 2020 | 29 | 1,127 |
| 2021 | 27 | 1,224 |
| 2022 | 25 | 1,282 |
| 2023 | 23 | 1,371 |
| 2024 | 23 | 1,406 |
| 2025 | 19 | 1,584 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 4 | 2,425 |
| 2001 | 5 | 2,220 |
| 2004 | 3 | 3,651 |

## People named Jaya

- Jaya Ahsan, Bangladeshi model and actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.