Girl Names That Start With J

1,566 names with at least 100 people alive

Jennifer, Jessica and Julie are the girl names starting with J with the most people alive in the US: about 1,394,097 people are named Jennifer. Among girls born in 2025, the most popular name starting with J was Josephine, given to 4,126 babies. Names that neither sex holds more than 80% of, such as Jordan, are on the gender-neutral names page.

Most Popular Girl Names Starting With J in 2025

Babies of that sex given each name in 2025, from Social Security records. Names given to girls and boys count here by the girls alone.

Top 20 in 2025

#	Name	Babies
1	Josephine	4,126
2	Josie	3,021
3	Jade	2,658
4	Juniper	2,618
5	Juliette	2,460
6	Julia	2,172
7	June	1,978
8	Jasmine	1,481
9	Jane	1,380
10	Juliana	1,203
11	Journee	1,198
12	Juliet	1,136
13	Julieta	1,086
14	Joanna	997
15	Jordyn	826
16	Jocelyn	788
17	Julianna	779
18	Journey	757
19	Joy	747
20	Jaylani	654

All Girl Names Starting With J

Ranked by people alive in the US today. A name counts as a girl name when more than 80% of the people alive with it are female; the peak year is when the most babies got it.

#	Name	People alive	Peak year
1	Jennifer	1,394,097	1972
2	Jessica	1,019,821	1987
3	Julie	452,251	1958
4	Janet	363,944	1954
5	Jacqueline	337,795	1964
6	Julia	313,571	2001
7	Judith	292,950	1943
8	Joyce	279,917	1942
9	Janice	273,216	1951
10	Judy	265,275	1947
11	Jasmine	255,462	1993
12	Joan	229,887	1932
13	Jane	207,326	1947
14	Jean	196,573	1927
15	Jill	182,919	1966
16	Jenna	145,680	1985
17	Joanne	135,691	1947
18	Josephine	119,930	1918
19	Jo	115,065	1954
20	Jocelyn	109,593	2007
21	Jade	107,539	2002
22	Joy	106,732	1957
23	Joanna	98,542	1984
24	Joann	98,179	1942
25	Jeanette	90,919	1939
26	Jeanne	86,932	1947
27	Juanita	85,650	1924
28	Jillian	81,635	1982
29	June	81,630	1925
30	Jenny	80,760	1977
31	Jodi	74,333	1970
32	Jordyn	67,382	2010
33	Jacquelyn	67,204	1951
34	Jada	66,713	2005
35	Juliana	64,441	2012
36	Josie	56,720	2025
37	Janelle	52,970	1979
38	Julianna	50,659	2006
39	Jaclyn	47,823	1988
40	Jayla	46,072	2006
41	Jasmin	44,856	2006
42	Jazmin	44,051	2006
43	Janie	41,781	1947
44	Jana	41,756	1961
45	Johanna	41,107	1984
46	Jazmine	37,990	2006
47	Jennie	36,696	1917
48	Juliette	35,970	2025
49	Justine	34,385	1988
50	Juliet	34,383	2016
51	Janis	33,576	1947
52	Jeannette	33,093	1917
53	Jolene	32,202	1974
54	Janine	29,527	1960
55	Jeannie	28,886	1957
56	Julianne	27,348	1989
57	Jodie	26,498	1970
58	Joni	26,070	1956
59	Julissa	25,533	2006
60	Jenifer	23,994	1974
61	Janette	23,710	1953
62	Journey	22,727	2018
63	Juniper	21,992	2025
64	Jayne	21,247	1957
65	Jami	21,124	1977
66	Jayda	21,096	2009
67	Jewel	20,813	1920
68	Jeanine	19,542	1960
69	Jeri	19,074	1957
70	Journee	18,225	2022
71	Joselyn	17,940	2007
72	Janae	17,666	2000
73	Jazlyn	17,347	2008
74	Jimena	16,909	2016
75	Jeannine	16,309	1929
76	Joelle	16,024	2017
77	Jaelyn	15,455	2008
78	Jacklyn	15,119	1987
79	Jaqueline	15,022	2000
80	Janna	14,673	1979
81	Janessa	14,500	2009
82	Jolie	13,753	2008
83	Juana	13,700	1994
84	Janell	13,582	1979
85	Janiyah	13,502	2009
86	Jerri	13,353	1957
87	Jayleen	13,132	2011
88	Jena	12,632	1986
89	Jaycee	12,544	2011
90	Jeanie	12,433	1957
91	Jaliyah	12,186	2011
92	Julieta	11,235	2025
93	Janel	11,209	1971
94	Janiya	11,012	2008
95	Joslyn	10,976	2010
96	Justina	10,676	1990
97	Jaylah	10,583	2013
98	Jaimie	10,027	1987
99	Jaylene	10,016	2008
100	Jaylynn	9,847	2009

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