Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Jaya

#2,881 most common girls' name of all time · #4,956 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1969–2025

Rank among girls
#2,881
Rank overall
#4,956 of 105,966
First appeared
1969
Years on the list
56 of 146
All-time
3,935
Since 2016
950
Peak year
2007 #1,330
Best rank
#1,301 2003
Girls Boys peak 189/yr
198020002020

Jaya first appears in 1969. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 84 — 84 #2,201
2024 77 — 77 #2,371
2023 89 — 89 #2,152
2022 84 — 84 #2,242
2021 81 — 81 #2,277
2020 99 — 99 #1,932
2019 107 — 107 #1,881
2018 109 — 109 #1,862
2017 104 — 104 #1,938
2016 111 5 116 #1,861
2015 133 — 133 #1,615
2014 124 — 124 #1,699
2013 138 — 138 #1,567
2012 153 — 153 #1,482
2011 156 6 162 #1,451
2010 156 — 156 #1,453
2009 160 — 160 #1,459
2008 173 — 173 #1,382
2007 183 6 189 #1,330
2006 179 — 179 #1,312
2005 146 — 146 #1,457
2004 127 6 133 #1,556
2003 160 — 160 #1,301
2002 136 — 136 #1,415
2001 145 — 145 #1,327
2000 101 — 101 #1,736
1999 73 — 73 #2,106
1998 70 — 70 #2,094
1997 42 — 42 #2,915
1996 43 — 43 #2,811
1995 34 — 34 #3,328
1994 24 — 24 #4,317
1993 25 — 25 #4,188
1992 21 — 21 #4,776
1991 28 — 28 #3,773
1990 18 — 18 #5,184
1989 13 — 13 #6,341
1988 14 — 14 #5,764
1987 14 — 14 #5,480
1986 13 — 13 #5,635
1985 10 — 10 #6,720
1984 9 — 9 #7,142
1983 15 — 15 #4,820
1982 17 — 17 #4,470
1981 16 — 16 #4,686
1980 18 — 18 #4,275
1979 6 — 6 #9,573
1978 8 — 8 #7,362
1977 11 — 11 #5,783
1976 12 — 12 #5,131
1975 6 — 6 #8,609
1974 8 — 8 #6,705
1973 6 — 6 #8,079
1971 5 5 10 #9,200
1970 6 — 6 #7,805
1969 7 — 7 #6,573