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Jj

Boy · JAY-jay · Modern

Jj is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,771st for boys in the UK (15 babies) and 3,088th for boys in the US (39 babies).

Where does Jj come from?

Modern: from the initials J.J., often standing for a double first name

Say it
JAY-jay

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

Jj is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the UK and 39 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Jj in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#1,771among boys
Babies in 2025
15about 1 in 20,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadyup 24% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 15 boys in the UK were named Jj, making it the 1,771st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 24 boys.

Half of all the boys named Jj in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among boys in 2025, it was 1,703rd in England and Wales.

2001Busiest: 24 in 20222025
Jj in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202515#1,771
202410#2,328
202311#2,155
202224#1,229
202116#1,619
202010#2,185
201911#2,102
20188#2,576
20179#2,461
201618#1,512
201512#1,990
201411#2,054
20138#2,541
20128#2,595
20116#3,038
20104#4,026
20093#4,691
20086#2,906
200712#1,760
20066#2,645
20055#2,885
200410#1,688
20036#2,283
20020–
20013#3,255

How popular is Jj in the US?

Rank in 2025
#3,088among boys
Babies in 2025
39about 1 in 44,000 boys
Five-year trend
Risingup 46% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 39 boys in the US were named Jj, making it the 3,088th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,915th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 39 boys. It first appears in the records in 1963.

Half of all the boys named Jj in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

1963Busiest: 39 in 20222025
Jj in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202539#3,088
202438#3,159
202337#3,226
202239#3,098
202130#3,647
202026#3,915
201917#5,336
201835#3,237
201719#4,931
201626#3,989
201522#4,405
201418#5,062
201319#4,801
201223#4,248
20119#8,072
201014#6,032
200912#6,798
200816#5,482
200717#5,207
200615#5,521
200522#4,057
20047#8,921
200314#5,265
20028#7,636
20019#6,928
20009#6,832
19996#8,697
19985#9,623
19978#6,612
19968#6,489
19959#5,922
19949#5,862
19930–
19929#5,652
19915#8,228
199013#4,161
19890–
19889#4,781
198714#3,334
19860–
19850–
19847#4,969
19838#4,497
19825#6,383
19817#4,959
19800–
19799#4,066
19789#3,855
19779#3,834
197610#3,469
197513#2,900
197413#2,797
19738#3,692
197211#2,989
19719#3,368
19709#3,280
19690–
19680–
19670–
19660–
19650–
19640–
19635#4,047

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

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