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. Not on the chart: 6 boys in 1948, 5 boys in 1952 (see the data table).
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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| 1952 | — | #3,734 | 5 | |
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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 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Utah#490 · 1 in 2,135
- Mississippi#514 · 1 in 1,780
- Oklahoma#546 · 1 in 2,111
- Michigan#589 · 1 in 2,749
- Missouri#640 · 1 in 3,037
Best ever in a state: #120 in South Dakota, 2008.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #490 | 8 | 1 in 2,135 |
| Mississippi | #514 | 5 | 1 in 1,780 |
| Oklahoma | #546 | 7 | 1 in 2,111 |
| Michigan | #589 | 13 | 1 in 2,749 |
| Missouri | #640 | 8 | 1 in 3,037 |
| Louisiana | #677 | 6 | 1 in 2,728 |
| Ohio | #1,035 | 8 | 1 in 5,909 |
| Virginia | #1,037 | 6 | 1 in 5,624 |
| Illinois | #1,113 | 7 | 1 in 6,333 |
| Georgia | #1,358 | 6 | 1 in 7,535 |
| Texas | #1,460 | 16 | 1 in 10,034 |
| California | #2,487 | 7 | 1 in 23,103 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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.
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See where Jersey ranked and which names it was up against. Click a point on the chart, or pick a year: