Jayda is a phonetic spelling of Jada, a name usually taken as a form of Jade, the green gemstone whose Spanish name piedra de ijada means "stone of the flank". The y spelling followed the rise of Jada Pinkett Smith's name in the 1990s and gives the name a more playful look. Jayda ranked number 438 in 2000, peaked at 235 in 2010, slipped out of the top 1000 in 2023 and ranks 1214 in 2025.