Baby names starting with J
The girl and boy names starting with J given most often in the US in 2025.
Updated October 14, 2026 · sources checked October 14, 2026
In short
Among baby names starting with J, the most given in the US in 2025 were Josephine, Josie, James, Jack. The two lists below rank up to 40 girl names and 40 boy names by the number of babies, from Social Security data; use the search box for any other name.
Ranked by the number of babies in 2025.
Girls
- Josephine 4,126
- Josie 3,021
- Jade 2,658
- Juniper 2,618
- Juliette 2,460
- Julia 2,172
- June 1,978
- Jasmine 1,481
- Jane 1,380
- Juliana 1,203
- Journee 1,198
- Juliet 1,136
- Julieta 1,086
- Joanna 997
- Jordyn 826
- Jocelyn 788
- Julianna 779
- Journey 757
- Joy 747
- Jaylani 654
- Jream 578
- Jovie 576
- Jayla 569
- Jazlyn 563
- Jacqueline 541
- Jimena 515
- Jordan 503
- Jennifer 501
- Jessica 424
- Jolene 423
- Jenna 418
- Jazmin 395
- Janiyah 346
- Journi 345
- Judith 344
- Janelle 340
- Jenesis 334
- Julietta 332
- Jessie 330
- Jaliyah 324
Boys
- James 11,945
- Jack 8,748
- John 8,027
- Julian 7,603
- Joseph 7,303
- Jackson 6,582
- Jacob 6,152
- Josiah 5,509
- Joshua 4,773
- Jayden 4,653
- Jeremiah 3,840
- Jonathan 3,822
- Jose 3,678
- Jace 3,083
- Jaxon 3,073
- Jonah 2,828
- Jasper 2,804
- Jordan 2,732
- Jameson 2,609
- Jude 2,384
- Jaxson 2,365
- Juan 2,318
- Jason 2,224
- Jayce 2,199
- Jett 2,167
- Jesus 2,078
- Judah 2,050
- Jesse 2,002
- Jaziel 1,780
- Joel 1,633
- Justin 1,512
- Javier 1,252
- Jensen 1,207
- Jeremy 1,152
- Jorge 1,069
- Josue 1,026
- Jax 961
- Joaquin 925
- Jaylen 907
- Jay 809
About these numbers. Babies born in the United States who received a Social Security number, by year of birth (1980-2025). To protect privacy, the SSA only publishes a name in a given year if at least 5 babies of the same sex received it.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration — Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data. Licence: Public domain (work of the U.S. federal government, 17 U.S.C. § 105). Data checked on 2026-10-14. Mamavela only counts and charts these official figures; nothing is estimated.