US name list
Girl names starting with J
100 exact spellings starting with J had at least 100 published female SSA records in 2025. Josephine leads with 4,126.
US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved
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Included spellings have at least 100 published 2025 female 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)
| Rank | Name | 2025 count | Change since 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | Josephine | 4,126 | Up 361 |
| 82 | Josie | 3,021 | Up 118 |
| 95 | Jade | 2,658 | Down 282 |
| 100 | Juniper | 2,618 | Up 167 |
| 110 | Juliette | 2,460 | Up 239 |
| 131 | Julia | 2,172 | Down 200 |
| 150 | June | 1,978 | Up 15 |
| 206 | Jasmine | 1,481 | Down 49 |
| 221 | Jane | 1,380 | Up 194 |
| 256 | Juliana | 1,203 | Down 67 |
| 258 | Journee | 1,198 | Down 226 |
| 274 | Juliet | 1,136 | Up 14 |
| 285 | Julieta | 1,086 | Up 188 |
| 306 | Joanna | 997 | Up 52 |
| 371 | Jordyn | 826 | Down 125 |
| 393 | Jocelyn | 788 | Down 25 |
| 398 | Julianna | 779 | Down 101 |
| 411 | Journey | 757 | Down 204 |
| 419 | Joy | 747 | Up 40 |
| 471 | Jaylani | 654 | Up 168 |
| 518 | Jream | 578 | Up 81 |
| 521 | Jovie | 576 | Up 99 |
| 530 | Jayla | 569 | Down 219 |
| 537 | Jazlyn | 563 | Up 51 |
| 558 | Jacqueline | 541 | Up 25 |
| 578 | Jimena | 515 | Down 50 |
| 584 | Jordan | 503 | Down 62 |
| 586 | Jennifer | 501 | Down 55 |
| 665 | Jessica | 424 | Down 103 |
| 666 | Jolene | 423 | Down 74 |
| 679 | Jenna | 418 | No change |
| 710 | Jazmin | 395 | Down 55 |
| 783 | Janiyah | 346 | Up 41 |
| 786 | Journi | 345 | Down 136 |
| 790 | Judith | 344 | Up 15 |
| 801 | Janelle | 340 | Down 23 |
| 816 | Jenesis | 334 | Down 60 |
| 819 | Julietta | 332 | Up 65 |
| 824 | Jessie | 330 | Down 18 |
| 838 | Jaliyah | 324 | Down 27 |
| 858 | Jamie | 316 | Down 76 |
| 866 | Jemma | 313 | Down 59 |
| 871 | Johanna | 309 | Down 10 |
| 873 | Julie | 308 | Down 61 |
| 973 | Jianna | 262 | Up 2 |
| 993 | Jazmine | 255 | Down 26 |
| 996 | Jaslyn | 254 | Up 130 |
| 1,010 | Joelle | 248 | Down 41 |
| 1,030 | Jolie | 243 | Down 51 |
| 1,036 | Jovi | 241 | Up 5 |
| 1,053 | Jubilee | 234 | Up 13 |
| 1,057 | Jazlynn | 233 | Up 22 |
| 1,068 | Jalani | 228 | Up 26 |
| 1,074 | Joyce | 226 | Down 15 |
| 1,087 | Joan | 222 | Up 34 |
| 1,098 | Jayleen | 218 | Down 47 |
| 1,136 | Julissa | 205 | Down 38 |
| 1,155 | Jaycee | 201 | Down 106 |
| 1,201 | Jada | 190 | Down 4 |
| 1,214 | Jayda | 187 | Down 27 |
| 1,223 | Juana | 185 | Down 36 |
| 1,247 | Jana | 181 | Up 10 |
| 1,252 | Juno | 179 | Up 16 |
| 1,266 | Jillian | 177 | Down 37 |
| 1,302 | Jaylee | 171 | Down 9 |
| 1,321 | Jaylah | 169 | Down 28 |
| 1,329 | Janie | 168 | Up 29 |
| 1,330 | Jhene | 168 | Down 28 |
| 1,362 | Jaylene | 162 | Down 34 |
| 1,363 | Justice | 162 | Down 44 |
| 1,393 | Jael | 157 | Up 8 |
| 1,394 | Jersey | 157 | Up 29 |
| 1,409 | Jasmin | 155 | Down 14 |
| 1,447 | Journei | 149 | Up 2 |
| 1,473 | Jayde | 146 | Down 23 |
| 1,474 | Joey | 146 | Down 18 |
| 1,488 | Junie | 144 | Up 28 |
| 1,503 | Jenny | 142 | Down 20 |
| 1,504 | Joselyn | 142 | Down 54 |
| 1,505 | Julieth | 142 | No change |
| 1,514 | Jewel | 141 | Down 19 |
| 1,520 | Jannah | 140 | Down 3 |
| 1,550 | Jesly | 136 | Up 128 |
| 1,600 | Journie | 131 | Down 24 |
| 1,615 | Jiya | 129 | Up 19 |
| 1,659 | Jurnee | 125 | Up 5 |
| 1,686 | Jamila | 122 | Down 15 |
| 1,687 | Janae | 122 | Down 37 |
| 1,696 | Jaelynn | 121 | Down 15 |
| 1,741 | Janessa | 117 | Down 18 |
| 1,742 | Jaylin | 117 | Down 11 |
| 1,743 | Josephina | 117 | Up 5 |
| 1,785 | Jailani | 113 | Up 19 |
| 1,786 | Jalayah | 113 | Down 2 |
| 1,802 | Jia | 112 | Up 2 |
| 1,803 | Joni | 112 | Up 5 |
| 1,822 | Jaisley | 110 | Up 81 |
| 1,823 | Jermani | 110 | Up 46 |
| 1,836 | Josette | 109 | Up 24 |
| 1,861 | Jazlin | 107 | Up 82 |
Rising spellings with 100–499 2025 records
These J spellings grew from 2021 to 2025 and stayed under 500 published female records. A missing 2021 observation is skipped, not treated as zero.
| Name | 2025 count | 2021 count | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jesly | 136 | 12 | 11.33× |
| Jaisley | 110 | 19 | 5.79× |
| Jazlin | 107 | 39 | 2.74× |
| Jaslyn | 254 | 102 | 2.49× |
| Julietta | 332 | 137 | 2.42× |
| Junie | 144 | 64 | 2.25× |
| Jailani | 113 | 52 | 2.17× |
| Jireh | 107 | 51 | 2.10× |
| Jermani | 110 | 53 | 2.08× |
| Julieth | 142 | 78 | 1.82× |
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