Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Jj

#5,625 most common boys' name of all time · #14,020 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1963–2025

Rank among boys
#5,625
Rank overall
#14,020 of 105,966
First appeared
1963
Years on the list
52 of 146
All-time
767
Since 2016
306
Peak year
2022 #3,124
Best rank
#2,908 1974
Girls Boys peak 39/yr
198020002020

Jj first appears in 1963. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 39 39 #3,098
2024 — 38 38 #3,180
2023 — 37 37 #3,248
2022 — 39 39 #3,124
2021 — 30 30 #3,683
2020 — 26 26 #3,951
2019 — 17 17 #5,390
2018 — 35 35 #3,266
2017 — 19 19 #4,973
2016 — 26 26 #4,033
2015 — 22 22 #4,452
2014 — 18 18 #5,120
2013 — 19 19 #4,859
2012 — 23 23 #4,294
2011 — 9 9 #8,222
2010 — 14 14 #6,106
2009 — 12 12 #6,915
2008 — 16 16 #5,556
2007 — 17 17 #5,271
2006 — 15 15 #5,585
2005 — 22 22 #4,103
2004 — 7 7 #9,171
2003 — 14 14 #5,355
2002 — 8 8 #7,839
2001 — 9 9 #7,096
2000 — 9 9 #6,996
1999 — 6 6 #8,985
1998 — 5 5 #10,021
1997 — 8 8 #6,820
1996 — 8 8 #6,688
1995 — 9 9 #6,083
1994 — 9 9 #6,050
1992 — 9 9 #5,830
1991 — 5 5 #8,677
1990 — 13 13 #4,294
1988 — 9 9 #4,960
1987 — 14 14 #3,448
1984 — 7 7 #5,271
1983 — 8 8 #4,701
1982 — 5 5 #6,799
1981 — 7 7 #5,237
1979 — 9 9 #4,264
1978 — 9 9 #4,033
1977 — 9 9 #4,023
1976 — 10 10 #3,624
1975 — 13 13 #3,026
1974 — 13 13 #2,908
1973 — 8 8 #3,947
1972 — 11 11 #3,123
1971 — 9 9 #3,591
1970 — 9 9 #3,473
1963 — 5 5 #4,592