Girl Names That Start With J
These are the 123 girl names that start with J, have reached the top 500 as a girl's name at some point since 1880, and still go to girls rather than boys today. Ranked by the number of girls given each name in 2025, most common first.
All 123 names
- Josephine
- Josie
- Jade
- Juniper
- Juliette
- Julia
- June
- Jasmine
- Jane
- Juliana
- Journee
- Juliet
- Julieta
- Joanna
- Jordyn
- Jocelyn
- Julianna
- Journey
- Joy
- Jaylani
- Jayla
- Jazlyn
- Jacqueline
- Jimena
- Jordan
- Jennifer
- Jessica
- Jolene
- Jenna
- Jazmin
- Janiyah
- Judith
- Janelle
- Jessie
- Jaliyah
- Jamie
- Johanna
- Julie
- Jazmine
- Joelle
- Joyce
- Joan
- Jayleen
- Julissa
- Jada
- Jayda
- Juana
- Jana
- Jillian
- Jaylah
- Janie
- Justice
- Jasmin
- Jenny
- Joselyn
- Jewel
- Jamila
- Janae
- Joni
- Josette
- Judy
- Josefina
- Jaelyn
- Janiya
- Julianne
- Jaylynn
- Jean
- Jackie
- Janna
- Jacquelyn
- Jennie
- Jeanette
- Janice
- Jacklyn
- Jaqueline
- Joanne
- Jaclyn
- Janet
- Juanita
- Jayne
- Joann
- Jodie
- Jaslene
- Johnnie
- Justine
- Jo
- Jodi
- Jeanne
- Jadyn
- Jalisa
- Janette
- Jeannette
- Jena
- Janine
- Jeanie
- Jill
- Janell
- Jeannie
- Jody
- Janay
- Jenifer
- Jayme
- Jewell
- Johnna
- Janis
- Jannie
- Jeanine
- Jeannine
- Jettie
- Judi
- Janel
- Jeri
- Jerilyn
- Jami
- Jerri
- Jaimie
- Johnie
- Jacalyn
- Jacquline
- Jaleesa
- Jaunita
- Joretta
- Judie
Also starting with J, and now given almost only to boys: James, John, Joseph, Jayden, Jaden, Jaiden, Jaime, Jerry, Joe, Jan, Jimmie
Girl names that start with J in the 2025 data
J is the ninth most common first letter for girls born in 2025: 67,832 of them, 4.2% of every girl in the file. It has slipped from eighth place a decade ago, and its share has fallen from 5.1% to 4.2%.
This list holds the 123 of those names that reached the top 500 as a girl's name at some point since 1880 and are still given to girls rather than boys. The most common today is Josephine, #53 with 4,126 girls in 2025. 4 of the 123 are in this year's top 100, and 117 appear in the 2025 file at all — which takes at least five births, the point below which a name is left out. Eleven other names starting with J are left out — James, John and Joseph among them. Each reached the top 500 among girls at some point, but fewer than one in ten children given it over the last ten years was a girl. Together they account for 45,712 of those 67,832 girls — the remainder go to names that have never reached the top 500, each given to a handful of children.
The fastest climber among them is Jaylani, up from #1,823 in 2015 to #470 in 2025. Jocelyn has gone the other way, from #133 to #393. The shortest name here is Jo at 2 letters, the longest Jacqueline at 10.
Questions about girl names that start with J
What is the most popular girl name that starts with J?
Josephine. 4,126 girls were given the name in 2025, which put it at #53 nationally.
How many girl names start with J?
123 have reached the top 500 as a girl's name and still go to girls today, which is this list. Counting every spelling in the file, 67,832 girls born in 2025 — 4.2% of the total — were given a name starting with J.
Are girl names that start with J getting more popular?
J is losing ground. It was eighth among first letters for girls a decade ago with 5.1% of births, and it is ninth in 2025 with 4.2%.