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US name list

Boy names starting with J

100 exact spellings starting with J had at least 100 published male SSA records in 2025. James leads with 11,945.

US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved

Data updated

Included spellings have at least 100 published 2025 male records. The page lists up to 100, highest count first. Letters with fewer than 10 qualifying spellings are not given a page. Download this list (CSV)

2025 male records.
RankName2025 countChange since 2024
6James11,945Up 89
15Jack8,748Up 276
23John8,027Down 60
25Julian7,603Up 213
29Joseph7,303Up 42
36Jackson6,582Down 317
43Jacob6,152Down 389
54Josiah5,509Up 23
66Joshua4,773Down 495
70Jayden4,653Down 500
88Jeremiah3,840Up 105
89Jonathan3,822Down 206
95Jose3,678Down 106
114Jace3,083Down 44
115Jaxon3,073Down 557
128Jonah2,828Down 65
129Jasper2,804Up 43
131Jordan2,732Down 604
137Jameson2,609Down 427
155Jude2,384Up 83
156Jaxson2,365Up 195
159Juan2,318Down 291
165Jason2,224Down 231
167Jayce2,199Up 15
169Jett2,167Down 60
173Jesus2,078Down 143
178Judah2,050Down 42
184Jesse2,002Up 6
198Jaziel1,780Up 178
219Joel1,633Down 5
233Justin1,512Down 284
274Javier1,252Down 191
282Jensen1,207Up 148
292Jeremy1,152Down 158
323Jorge1,069Down 116
330Josue1,026Down 118
342Jax961Down 134
355Joaquin925Down 86
361Jaylen907Down 159
392Jay809Down 13
396Jared804Down 26
421Jaden768Down 60
424Julius759Down 84
439Jasai719Up 552
443Jalen711Up 50
457Jake682Down 66
458Johnny682Down 3
498Jasiah607Down 48
508Johnathan594Down 1
552Jeffrey544Down 44
569Jakai519Up 89
572Johan516Down 39
576Jamari509Down 21
577Jamie508Up 53
592Jamir495Down 47
599Jonas476Down 58
613Jakari462Up 33
618Jaiden454Down 74
629Jayceon445Down 11
641Julio436Down 39
657Jaime420Down 48
667Jaxton410Down 56
683Jasiel398Up 76
700Jayson384Down 70
709Julien380Down 4
717Jase375Down 65
726Jahmir366Up 39
752Junior343Down 55
786Jamison324Down 11
793Jaxxon318Up 5
811Jones306Up 22
817Jrue304Up 40
824Jettson300Down 1
831Jefferson298Down 77
847Jimmy291Up 5
854Jeremias286Down 28
865Jesiah277Down 37
876Jedidiah274Down 40
877Joey274Up 7
881Jireh271Up 24
885Jagger269Down 17
886Jericho269Up 10
907Jerry262Down 17
934Judson252Up 15
935Jairo251Up 4
950Josias247Up 33
951Jon246Down 19
953Jethro245Up 41
987Joan232Up 12
990Jiraiya231Down 23
994Joe230Down 42
1,015Joziah221Down 6
1,019Jadiel220Up 16
1,102Jaxx195Down 28
1,113Justice193Down 10
1,118Jovanni191Down 2
1,172Jean176Down 9
1,189Jabari172Down 47
1,193Jair170Down 7
1,197Jamal169Down 6

Rising spellings with 100–499 2025 records

These J spellings grew from 2021 to 2025 and stayed under 500 published male records. A missing 2021 observation is skipped, not treated as zero.

Growth since 2021.
Name2025 count2021 countRatio
Jream147403.67×
Jahkai167533.15×
Jasiel3981412.82×
Jettson3001092.75×
Jassiel118432.74×
Jireh2711112.44×
Jahmir3661612.27×
Jahziel166762.18×
Jahseh155742.09×
Jahmari115572.02×

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