# JJ (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jj/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 767 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 767 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 224, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 8,395 |
| 2012 | 23 | 4,315 |
| 2013 | 19 | 4,882 |
| 2014 | 18 | 5,152 |
| 2015 | 22 | 4,461 |
| 2016 | 26 | 4,046 |
| 2017 | 19 | 5,015 |
| 2018 | 35 | 3,267 |
| 2019 | 17 | 5,439 |
| 2020 | 26 | 3,966 |
| 2021 | 30 | 3,691 |
| 2022 | 39 | 3,132 |
| 2023 | 37 | 3,256 |
| 2024 | 38 | 3,189 |
| 2025 | 39 | 3,105 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2012 | 7 | 2,721 |
| 2013 | 7 | 2,660 |
| 2014 | 10 | 2,079 |
| 2015 | 12 | 1,902 |
| 2016 | 18 | 1,431 |
| 2017 | 9 | 2,324 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,445 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2,104 |
| 2020 | 10 | 2,076 |
| 2021 | 16 | 1,516 |
| 2022 | 23 | 1,179 |
| 2023 | 11 | 2,007 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2,263 |
| 2025 | 15 | 1,705 |

## People named JJ

- J. J. Johnson, American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924–2001)
- JJ Feild, British-American actor
- J. J. Perry, American actor, stuntman and film director (born 1967)
- JJ Jia, Chinese actress-model
- J. J. Yeley, American racing driver

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.