Pj
- Gender
- Boy
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Pj is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
Is Pj a girl's or a boy's name?
Pj is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Pj in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,710th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 240,000 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, 7 boys in the US were named Pj, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 1984, with 9 boys. It first appears in the records in 1970.
2025 had more boys named Pj than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Pj in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Pj in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 9 | #4,212 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
Names like Pj
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ravi, Dhruv, Aj, Avi, Shiv, Parth, Viraj, Krish, Pranav, Veer, Rishi, Ansh
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, “Pj: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/pj, updated 20 October 2026.