Boy Names Starting With J
The letter J gives boys 50 charted names in the 2025 SSA data, and the most popular of them is James, with 11,945 babies. The table spans ranks #6 to #552, down to 544 births for Jeffrey.
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| #6 | James | 11,945 |
| #15 | Jack | 8,748 |
| #23 | John | 8,027 |
| #25 | Julian | 7,603 |
| #29 | Joseph | 7,303 |
| #36 | Jackson | 6,582 |
| #43 | Jacob | 6,152 |
| #54 | Josiah | 5,509 |
| #66 | Joshua | 4,773 |
| #70 | Jayden | 4,653 |
| #88 | Jeremiah | 3,840 |
| #89 | Jonathan | 3,822 |
| #95 | Jose | 3,678 |
| #114 | Jace | 3,083 |
| #115 | Jaxon | 3,073 |
| #128 | Jonah | 2,828 |
| #129 | Jasper | 2,804 |
| #131 | Jordan | 2,732 |
| #137 | Jameson | 2,609 |
| #155 | Jude | 2,384 |
| #156 | Jaxson | 2,365 |
| #159 | Juan | 2,318 |
| #165 | Jason | 2,224 |
| #167 | Jayce | 2,199 |
| #169 | Jett | 2,167 |
| #173 | Jesus | 2,078 |
| #178 | Judah | 2,050 |
| #184 | Jesse | 2,002 |
| #198 | Jaziel | 1,780 |
| #219 | Joel | 1,633 |
| #233 | Justin | 1,512 |
| #274 | Javier | 1,252 |
| #282 | Jensen | 1,207 |
| #292 | Jeremy | 1,152 |
| #323 | Jorge | 1,069 |
| #330 | Josue | 1,026 |
| #342 | Jax | 961 |
| #355 | Joaquin | 925 |
| #361 | Jaylen | 907 |
| #392 | Jay | 809 |
| #396 | Jared | 804 |
| #421 | Jaden | 768 |
| #424 | Julius | 759 |
| #439 | Jasai | 719 |
| #443 | Jalen | 711 |
| #457 | Jake | 682 |
| #458 | Johnny | 682 |
| #498 | Jasiah | 607 |
| #508 | Johnathan | 594 |
| #552 | Jeffrey | 544 |
Ranks are each name's overall position among all 2025 boy names, so the gaps between rows are real — the names in between simply start with other letters. Want a random shortlist instead? Spin J boy names in the generator, or browse the full top 100 boy names.
Other letters
Girl names for this letter: girl names starting with J.
Source: every name, rank, and count on this page comes from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national baby-names dataset (2025 data, from Social Security card applications). It is public-domain U.S. government data; names given fewer than 5 times in a year are excluded by the SSA, spelling variants are counted separately, and the data covers U.S. births only. Full caveats on the methodology page.