Girls' name · since 2008

Jayva

Jayva has 33 recorded births since 2008 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2008 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

33
total births
2008–2019
years on record
2010s
peak decade
64%
born in that decade

Jayva sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 33 recorded since 2008.

Jayva has 33 recorded births among girls since 2008, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2019.

  • 33 total births
  • 2008–2019 years on record
  • 2010s peak decade
  • 64% born in that decade

Data updated Jul 2026

Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Jayva's 33 recorded births place it above 45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Jayva's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Jayva's full recorded timeline at 2014, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2009, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2008 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Jayva popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2019

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2008)
7
Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 200820092010201420182019 6

Jayva by decade

Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance

2010s was Jayva's strongest decade.

21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.

Jayva births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 21 births (64% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of July 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Jayva?
Since 2008, Social Security records show 33 babies named Jayva. The most recent recorded year was 2019. Its busiest year on record was 2008, with 7 births.
When was Jayva most popular?
Jayva was most popular in the 2010s decade with 21 total births. The single peak year was 2008.
How long has the name Jayva been used?
Jayva has been recorded in Social Security data since 2008, spanning 12 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Jayva?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Jayla, Jayne, Jayden, Jayda, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2008–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

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NameAlmanac. "Jayva: Baby Name Since 2008 - 33 Births, Peak 2008." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jayva. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jayva draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.