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Jersey

#1,394 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Jersey has been given to 4,673 babies in the U.S. since 1985. In 2025 it ranked #1,394 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2010, with 232 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 86% girls, 14% boys all-time.

Babies named Jersey, 2025

1 in 21,100

Jersey over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Jersey over time

In 2025, Jersey went to 77% girls and 23% boys.

19482025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Jersey: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Jersey means

Jersey is a given name.

The naming story behind Jersey

Wikidata records Jersey as a male given name. The entity identifier is Q98827110, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,031 girls were recorded with the name Jersey between 1985 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 232 in 2010; its best national rank was #1,071 in 2010.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,330 in 2020 to #1,394 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,535 in 2015 to #1,394 in 2025.

In the United States, 642 boys were recorded with the name Jersey between 1948 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 60 in 2022; its best national rank was #2,334 in 2020.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,334 in 2020 to #2,732 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #8,330 in 2015 to #2,732 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Jersey?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 21,100
157 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 10,200
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#1,394
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
14,637 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Jersey sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5002%

Put another way: gather 14,637 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jersey. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jerseys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jersey was born before 2012 — so the typical Jersey is around 13 today.

Median birth year
2012
About 13 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
39.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
99.3%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
4,031
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 39.1% of all recorded uses (1,577).

Is Jersey rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+233
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−64
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+141
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.08×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
67.7%
Peak was 2010 (232)
Years since peak
15
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
8.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,071
2010

Spellings of Jersey

Jersey is not the most common spelling — Kelsey is, with 74.3% against Jersey's 2.0%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Jersey is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Jersey was most concentrated in Missouri — about 1 in 3,448 girls, against 1 in 11,883 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in 100,000).

129 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Missouri1 in 3,448
  2. 2Mississippi1 in 3,448
  3. 3Louisiana1 in 3,704
  4. 4Iowa1 in 4,348
  5. 5Ohio1 in 4,545
  6. 6Indiana1 in 4,762
  7. 7Michigan1 in 4,762
  8. 8Oklahoma1 in 6,250

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Jersey is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Jersey was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 490,902 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Alabama1 in —
  2. 2Florida1 in —
  3. 3Georgia1 in —
  4. 4North Carolina1 in —
  5. 5Ohio1 in —
  6. 6Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Jersey has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Jersey around the world

Where Jersey ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2001–2025
    #2,138
    in 2025
  • Northern Ireland
    2004–2016
    #440
    in 2016
  • France
    2001–2025
    #6,911
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2001–2024
    #1,709
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2004–2006
    #782
    in 2006

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Jersey by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#1,394
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 64
Best rank ever
#1,071
2010
Peak year
2010
232 that year
First recorded
1985
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,031
Count in 2025
157

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,732
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 398
Best rank ever
#2,334
2020
Peak year
2022
60 that year
First recorded
1948
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
642
Count in 2025
47

Names similar to Jersey

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

JericaJerricaJerilynLinseyJerrieDaiseyJeremyJerzieRamseyJeralynKinseyJerushaJersieJerriJerzeeJermaniJoseyJerzeyJerikaJeriahMaiseyJeromeJerziLynsey

Names with a curve like Jersey

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Jersey, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

SanaiNariahYarelyAmiahSamayaReeceAzulNeveahAmariahKamiyaDiyaMarlie

Sibling names for Jersey

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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