Jersey Boy & girl
How popular is Jersey?
#1,388 girl name in 2025
157 baby girls were named Jersey in the US in 2025, making it the 1388th most popular girl name. Another 47 boys got the name (#2,718 for boys).
Jersey popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,388 for girls (▲ 234 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 157 girls, 47 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+8% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,532 in 2015, #1,327 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2010 (232 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,070 in 2010 |
| First recorded | 1985 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 23% boys, 77% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Jersey counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Jersey family of names ranked #817 for girls in 2025 (#899 the year before), with 291 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jersey | 157 | 54% |
| Jerzi | 37 | 13% |
| Jersi | 35 | 12% |
| Jerzee | 14 | 5% |
| Jersie | 18 | 6% |
| Jerzie | 16 | 5% |
| Jerzey | 8 | 3% |
| Jersee | 6 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Jersey is most popular
Babies named Jersey per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 0.4 per 1,000 (17 girls)
- Louisiana: 0.3 per 1,000 (30 girls)
- Michigan: 0.2 per 1,000 (44 girls)
- Oklahoma: 0.2 per 1,000 (17 girls)
- Ohio: 0.2 per 1,000 (44 girls)
Jersey by decade
Girl names about as popular as Jersey
Questions
- Is Jersey a boy or girl name?
- Jersey is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 23% of babies named Jersey were boys and 77% were girls.
- How popular is the name Jersey?
- 157 baby girls were named Jersey in the US in 2025, making it the 1388th most popular girl name. Another 47 boys got the name (#2,718 for boys).
- When was Jersey most popular?
- Jersey peaked in 2010, when 232 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,070 in 2010.
- How many people are named Jersey?
- 4,673 babies have been named Jersey in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,638 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 13.
- Where is Jersey most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Jersey was most common in Mississippi, at 0.4 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.