Name meaning & stats
Jaya
Jaya means “victory” (Sanskrit origin). 3,935 US babies since 1940, peak 2007.
What it means
“victory”
SanskritWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2007
3,935 US babies were named Jaya between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Jaya (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 59% of the family
- Jaya 59%
- Jaia 13%
- Jaiya 12%
- Jayah 10%
- Jaiyah 4%
- Jaiah 3%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2007)