Ej
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- EE-jay
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #5,606 for boys
Ej is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
What does Ej mean?
Modern: from the initials E.J.
Usually short for a double name such as Edward James or Eli Jacob.
Is Ej a girl's or a boy's name?
Ej is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ej in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,606th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Ej, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 1924.
Half of all the boys named Ej in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ej in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 6 | #3,865 |
Names like Ej
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Krishiv, Aarav, Viraj, Aj, Vihaan, Vivaan, Avi, Avyaan, Shivansh, Kash, Veer, Atharv
Names related to Ej
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ej: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ej, updated 20 October 2026.