Cj

Showing
Show data for
Peak · boys
#1,809
1990 · 43 births
Debut · boys
1968
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,423
since 1968

Cj over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank1960197019801990200020102020peak #7,097, 1994peak #1,809, 1990girlsboys
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#3,94927
2024—#3,89628
2023—#3,34735
2022—#3,27836
2021—#3,42733
2020—#2,65847
2019—#3,57131
2018—#4,22624
2017—#3,44032
2016#12,8767#4,77620
2015—#3,36533
2014—#2,62246
2013—#3,18934
2012—#2,77243
2011—#3,36432
2010—#3,30833
2009—#3,16236
2008#15,4056#3,48631
2007—#3,02538
2006#13,6067#3,02436
2005#10,9219#2,84637
2004—#3,21730
2003#15,7845#2,67437
2002#13,5956#2,68535
2001—#2,56237
2000—#2,67434
1999#12,6886#2,60833
1998#11,1387#2,45035
1997#7,28312#2,54631
1996#13,5185#2,53530
1995#13,3865#2,14038
1994#7,09712#1,92743
1993#10,5887#2,69726
1992—#2,30332
1991#9,3368#2,05236
1990—#1,80943
1989#7,44910#2,35928
1988—#2,59922
1987—#2,72519
1986#8,5237#2,22625
1985#8,3187#4,05210
1984#8,1537#3,10714
1983—#4,1419
1982—#3,96610
1981—#3,03014
1980—#3,61511
1979—#4,8427
1978—#4,5547
1977—#5,8455
1976——
1975——
1974—#5,2275
1973——
1972——
1971——
1970——
1969——
1968—#4,1365
1967——
1966——
1965——
1964——
1963——
1962——
1961——
1960——
1959——
1958——
1957——
1956——
1955——
1954——
1953——
1952——
1951——
1950——
1949——
1948——
1947——
1946——
1945——
1944——
1943——
1942——
1941——
1940——
1939——
1938——
1937——
1936——
1935——
1934——
1933——
1932——
1931——
1930——
1929——
1928——
1927——
1926——
1925——
1924——
1923——
1922——
1921——
1920——
1919——
1918——
1917——
1916——
1915——
1914——
1913——
1912——
1911——
1910——
1909——
1908——
1907——
1906——
1905——
1904——
1903——
1902——
1901——
1900——
1899——
1898——
1897——
1896——
1895——
1894——
1893——
1892——
1891——
1890——
1889——
1888——
1887——
1886——
1885——
1884——
1883——
1882——
1881——
1880——
First appearance
1968

The first year at least five boys were named Cj! It came in at #4,136, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1968–1977, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Cj is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Cj, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Cj, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Cj, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Cj, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Cj, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Cj, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Cj, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Cj, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Cj, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Cj, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Cj, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Cj, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Cj, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Cj, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Cj, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Cj, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Cj, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Cj, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Cj, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Cj, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Cj, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Cj, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Cj, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Cj, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Cj, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,998 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 25,068 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Cj, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Cj, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Cj, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Cj, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Cj, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Cj, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Cj, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Cj, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Cj, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Cj, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Cj, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Cj, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Cj, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Cj, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Cj, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Cj, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Cj, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Cj, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Cj, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Cj, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Cj, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Cj, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Cj, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Cj, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Cj, so not publishedFL

Hover or tap a state for its numbers.

Top states · boys
  1. California#1,998 · 1 in 25,068

Best ever in a state: #269 in Hawaii, 2006.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
California#1,99871 in 25,068
Alabama———
Alaska———
Arizona———
Arkansas———
Colorado———
Connecticut———
Delaware———
District of Columbia———
Florida———
Georgia———
Hawaii———
Idaho———
Illinois———
Indiana———
Iowa———
Kansas———
Kentucky———
Louisiana———
Maine———
Maryland———
Massachusetts———
Michigan———
Minnesota———
Mississippi———
Missouri———
Montana———
Nebraska———
Nevada———
New Hampshire———
New Jersey———
New Mexico———
New York———
North Carolina———
North Dakota———
Ohio———
Oklahoma———
Oregon———
Pennsylvania———
Rhode Island———
South Carolina———
South Dakota———
Tennessee———
Texas———
Utah———
Vermont———
Virginia———
Washington———
West Virginia———
Wisconsin———
Wyoming———

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See every state's top names →

See more about Cj
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 1,291 spots since 2020 (#2,658 → #3,949)
Rise & fade · boys
22 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1968
  • Peaked 1990 at #1,809 (43 births)
  • Births halved by 2016, 26 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 36,725
  • Highest: 1 in 36,725 boys born in 2020 were named Cj (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 63,262 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,809 in 1990, was only 1 in 47,768 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 24.7% of all boys named Cj (351) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s5#4,136 (1968)#4,136
1970s24#4,554 (1978)#5,117
1980s162#2,226 (1986)#3,182
1990s347#1,809 (1990)#2,307
2000s351#2,562 (2001)#2,936
2010s328#2,622 (2014)#3,463
2020s206#2,658 (2020)#3,426

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Want to check a specific year?

See where Cj ranked and which names it was up against. Click a point on the chart, or pick a year: