Pj
#11,499 most common boys' name of all time · #29,385 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1970–2025
Rank among boys
#11,499
Rank overall
#29,385 of 105,966
First appeared
1970
Years on the list
32 of 146
All-time
208
Since 2016
29
Peak year
1984 #4,438
Best rank
#4,430 1978
Girls
Boys
peak 9/yr
Pj first appears in 1970. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,923 |
| 2024 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,218 |
| 2020 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,926 |
| 2016 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,002 |
| 2012 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,657 |
| 2009 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,308 |
| 2008 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,530 |
| 2007 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,230 |
| 2006 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,861 |
| 2005 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,394 |
| 2004 | — | 5 | 5 | #11,771 |
| 2003 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,912 |
| 2002 | — | 5 | 5 | #11,091 |
| 2001 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,991 |
| 1998 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,086 |
| 1994 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,276 |
| 1992 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,906 |
| 1990 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,545 |
| 1989 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,405 |
| 1987 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,503 |
| 1986 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,359 |
| 1985 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,975 |
| 1984 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,438 |
| 1983 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,240 |
| 1982 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,036 |
| 1981 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,787 |
| 1980 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,300 |
| 1979 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,699 |
| 1978 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,430 |
| 1977 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,572 |
| 1971 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,521 |
| 1970 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,397 |