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Jersey

Gender
Girl
Say it
JER-zee
Origin
Old Norse
UK rank, 2025
#2,206 for girls
US rank, 2025
#1,388 for girls

Jersey is a girls' name of Old Norse origin, meaning “island of Geirr”. In 2025 it ranked 2,206th for girls in the UK (13 babies) and 1,388th for girls in the US (157 babies).

What does Jersey mean?

Old Norse: from the Channel Island, via its Norse name

“island of Geirr”

New Jersey in the United States was named after the island of Jersey.

Is Jersey a girl's or a boy's name?

Jersey is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the UK and 157 girls and 47 boys in the US.

How popular is Jersey in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#2,206among girls
Babies in 2025
13about 1 in 21,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 21% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were named Jersey, making it the 2,206th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,780th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 30 girls.

Half of all the girls named Jersey in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among girls in 2025, it was 2,137th in England and Wales.

2001Busiest: 30 in 20152025
Jersey in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202513#2,206
202411#2,480
202313#2,185
202213#2,157
202116#1,882
202017#1,780
201917#1,793
201813#2,198
201719#1,711
201627#1,324
201530#1,216
201420#1,596
201319#1,662
201227#1,293
201128#1,238
201027#1,262
200921#1,449
200819#1,548
200725#1,204
200617#1,545
200518#1,382
200424#1,081
200318#1,317
200210#1,874
20013#4,156

How popular is Jersey in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,388among girls
Babies in 2025
157about 1 in 10,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 10% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 157 girls in the US were named Jersey, making it the 1,388th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,327th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 232 girls. It first appears in the records in 1985. 47 boys were also named Jersey in 2025 (2,718th for boys).

2025 had more girls named Jersey than any year since 2020.

Half of all the girls named Jersey in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 180 girls in the US were given Jersey or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,129, up from #1,388 for this spelling alone.

In 2025, 77% of the babies named Jersey in the US were girls.

1985Busiest: 232 in 20102025
Jersey in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025157#1,388
2024128#1,622
2023132#1,586
2022143#1,515
2021146#1,469
2020166#1,327
2019157#1,423
2018142#1,532
2017141#1,552
2016137#1,605
2015146#1,532
2014137#1,576
2013155#1,446
2012134#1,612
2011196#1,224
2010232#1,070
2009222#1,143
2008223#1,151
2007218#1,166
2006225#1,110
2005210#1,121
2004163#1,307
2003123#1,560
2002110#1,670
200161#2,508
20006#13,147
19990–
19986#12,420
19970–
19960–
19955#13,380
19945#13,423
19930–
19920–
19910–
19900–
19890–
19880–
19870–
19860–
19855#10,672

Names like Jersey

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Freya Lily Miley Willow Harper Isla Zara Ivy Lyla Myla Riley Lyra

Other spellings of Jersey

Jersei

Names related to Jersey

Jersie Jersi Jerzey Jerzy Jersee

More Old Norse names

Ronnie Ralph Eric Astrid Colby Rafe Odin Ralphie Erik Freyja Erick Bo Ronald Bjorn Erica Raife

Every Old Norse name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Jersey: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jersey, updated 20 October 2026.