Lj
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- EL-jay
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Lj is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Lj mean?
Modern: initials used as a name
Usually stands for a pair of names, or for a junior who shares his father's first name.
Is Lj a girl's or a boy's name?
Lj is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lj in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 225% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Lj, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2021, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Lj in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Lj in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,434 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 1 | #6,148 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 1 | #5,936 |
How popular is Lj in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Lj, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2007, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 1921.
Half of all the boys named Lj in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lj in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 6 | #3,867 |
Names like Lj
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Koa Kai Luca Lawi Bodhi Ozzy Yahya River Yusuf Ayaan Lando Musa
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
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, “Lj: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lj, updated 20 October 2026.