Jj
Jj was given to 39 boys in 2025, #3,104 among boys’ names; 767 Americans have been recorded with it since 1963 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Jj by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Jj mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Jj is “a male given name, often short for Jacob or Joshua.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Jj?
#3,104 among boys’ names, 2025
Jj rose from #4,459 in 2015 to #3,104 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 11.5 to 22.8 per million.
39 babies in 2022, the peak
Jj peaked in 2022, when 39 boys were given it, #3,130 among boys’ names. The 39 births of 2025 are 100% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | #3,104 | 22.8 |
| 2024 | 38 | #3,187 | 22.1 |
| 2023 | 37 | #3,254 | 21.6 |
| 2022 | 39 | #3,130 | 22.3 |
| 2021 | 30 | #3,687 | 17.1 |
| 2020 | 26 | #3,963 | 15.1 |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,435 | 9.5 |
| 2018 | 35 | #3,264 | 19.3 |
| 2017 | 19 | #5,011 | 10.3 |
| 2016 | 26 | #4,045 | 13.7 |
Every recorded year (52)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 22 | #4,459 | 11.5 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,148 | 9.4 |
| 2013 | 19 | #4,879 | 10.0 |
| 2012 | 23 | #4,312 | 12.1 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,388 | 4.7 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,187 | 7.3 |
| 2009 | 12 | #7,009 | 6.0 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,611 | 7.8 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,308 | 8.2 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,650 | 7.3 |
| 2005 | 22 | #4,120 | 11.0 |
| 2004 | 7 | #9,396 | 3.5 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,393 | 7.1 |
| 2002 | 8 | #8,011 | 4.1 |
| 2001 | 9 | #7,181 | 4.6 |
| 2000 | 9 | #7,082 | 4.6 |
| 1999 | 6 | #9,241 | 3.1 |
| 1998 | 5 | #10,384 | 2.6 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,901 | 4.2 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,775 | 4.2 |
| 1995 | 9 | #6,148 | 4.7 |
| 1994 | 9 | #6,072 | 4.7 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,865 | 4.5 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,821 | 2.5 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,272 | 6.3 |
| 1988 | 9 | #4,979 | 4.7 |
| 1987 | 14 | #3,417 | 7.5 |
| 1984 | 7 | #5,235 | 3.9 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,691 | 4.5 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,816 | 2.8 |
| 1981 | 7 | #5,183 | 3.9 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,221 | 5.2 |
| 1978 | 9 | #3,993 | 5.5 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,994 | 5.5 |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,595 | 6.4 |
| 1975 | 13 | #2,987 | 8.3 |
| 1974 | 13 | #2,870 | 8.3 |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,876 | 5.1 |
| 1972 | 11 | #3,055 | 6.8 |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,505 | 5.1 |
| 1970 | 9 | #3,393 | 4.8 |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,331 | 2.5 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Jj a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Jj has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 52 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Jj: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Jj, and how old are they?
An estimated 745 Americans named Jj and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (97% of everyone recorded); the median is 14 years old and half are between 6 and 30. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Jj
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
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