Jersey
#1,388 for girls in 2025, 157 births · #2,718 for boys in 2025, 47 births
Given to girls 86.3% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2010 · 232 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,031since 1985
Jersey over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,388 | 157 | #2,718 | 47 |
| 2024 | #1,622 | 128 | #2,527 | 53 |
| 2023 | #1,586 | 132 | #2,660 | 49 |
| 2022 | #1,515 | 143 | #2,355 | 60 |
| 2021 | #1,469 | 146 | #2,918 | 42 |
| 2020 | #1,327 | 166 | #2,323 | 58 |
| 2019 | #1,423 | 157 | #2,582 | 50 |
| 2018 | #1,532 | 142 | #3,793 | 28 |
| 2017 | #1,552 | 141 | #4,105 | 25 |
| 2016 | #1,605 | 137 | #7,605 | 10 |
| 2015 | #1,532 | 146 | #8,040 | 9 |
| 2014 | #1,576 | 137 | #7,048 | 11 |
| 2013 | #1,446 | 155 | #5,404 | 16 |
| 2012 | #1,612 | 134 | #8,864 | 8 |
| 2011 | #1,224 | 196 | #6,256 | 13 |
| 2010 | #1,070 | 232 | #7,591 | 10 |
| 2009 | #1,143 | 222 | #8,985 | 8 |
| 2008 | #1,151 | 223 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | #1,166 | 218 | #7,094 | 11 |
| 2006 | #1,110 | 225 | #5,781 | 14 |
| 2005 | #1,121 | 210 | #8,299 | 8 |
| 2004 | #1,308 | 163 | #4,421 | 19 |
| 2003 | #1,561 | 123 | #4,815 | 16 |
| 2002 | #1,671 | 110 | #5,131 | 14 |
| 2001 | #2,512 | 61 | #6,935 | 9 |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | #6,839 | 9 |
| 1999 | — | #9,912 | 5 | |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | #8,479 | 6 |
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| 1996 | — | #9,015 | 5 | |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | — | |
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| 1992 | — | #6,670 | 7 | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Jersey! It came in at #10,677, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1985–1997, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Jersey is popular in 2016
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Nebraska#354 · 1 in 1,348
- Iowa#364 · 1 in 1,444
- Arkansas#422 · 1 in 1,612
- Utah#556 · 1 in 2,578
- South Carolina#733 · 1 in 3,572
Best ever in a state: #120 in South Dakota, 2008.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | #354 | 6 | 1 in 1,348 |
| Iowa | #364 | 9 | 1 in 1,444 |
| Arkansas | #422 | 7 | 1 in 1,612 |
| Utah | #556 | 7 | 1 in 2,578 |
| South Carolina | #733 | 5 | 1 in 3,572 |
| Missouri | #735 | 7 | 1 in 3,875 |
| Minnesota | #768 | 6 | 1 in 4,090 |
| Indiana | #821 | 7 | 1 in 4,328 |
| Michigan | #827 | 9 | 1 in 4,674 |
| Illinois | #1,182 | 8 | 1 in 7,203 |
| Ohio | #1,282 | 6 | 1 in 8,678 |
| Georgia | #1,499 | 5 | 1 in 9,610 |
| Texas | #2,032 | 10 | 1 in 16,729 |
| California | #3,333 | 5 | 1 in 40,744 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Jersey
- 234 spots since 2024 (#1,622 → #1,388)
- 61 spots since 2020 (#1,327 → #1,388)
- 144 spots since 2015 (#1,532 → #1,388)
- Debuted 1985
- Peaked 2010 at #1,070 (232 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 7,662 girls born in 2010 were named Jersey (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 10,237 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 39.1% of all girls named Jersey (1,577) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2000, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 5 | #10,677 (1985) | #10,677 |
| 1990s | 16 | #12,426 (1998) | #13,081 |
| 2000s | 1,561 | #1,110 (2006) | #2,590 |
| 2010s | 1,577 | #1,070 (2010) | #1,457 |
| 2020s | 872 | #1,327 (2020) | #1,485 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Jersey in 2016
Top girls' names in 2016
Top boys' names in 2016
More about 2016
girls
1,772,022 girls got a published name in 2016; 1 in 12,934 of them was named Jersey, which outranked 91.5% of the 18,885 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,598Montana138
- #1,598Nya138
- #1,598Samiya138
- #1,605Jersey137
- #1,605Dalila137
- #1,605Isadora137
- #1,605Jolee137
- #1,614Adina136
- #1,614Amal136
- #1,614Essence136
Tied with 8 names at #1,605; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,897,738 boys got a published name in 2016; 1 in 189,774 of them was named Jersey, which outranked 46.5% of the 14,207 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #7,157Zorian11
- #7,157Zuko11
- #7,157Zyking11
- #7,605Jersey10
- #7,605Aaraf10
- #7,605Aaran10
- #7,605Abdulkareem10
- #8,146Aaban9
- #8,146Aadon9
- #8,146Aanav9
Tied with 540 names at #7,605; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.