Mj

Mj was the #5,608 boys' name in the US in 2025 (16 babies).

Mj as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
Mj as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020IrelandUS
Mj as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
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YearUSEngland & WalesIreland
2025#5,608 (16)—#829 (3)
2024#8,312 (9)—#655 (4)
2023#7,289 (11)—#343 (11)
2022#5,874 (15)#4,790 (3)#779 (3)
2021#8,825 (8)—#755 (3)
2020#8,739 (8)——
2019#7,643 (10)—#506 (6)
2018#5,320 (17)#4,749 (3)—
2017#8,140 (9)——
2015#8,040 (9)—#699 (3)
2014#7,048 (11)#3,895 (4)—
2013#9,655 (7)——
2012#7,559 (10)——
2011#10,808 (6)——
2010#12,231 (5)#4,678 (3)—

Mj as a girl’s name

  • US
Mj as a girl’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.000.010.010.0118801900192019401960198020002020
Mj as a girl’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.000.010.010.011880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
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YearUS
2024#13,477 (6)
2023#15,194 (5)
2022#9,056 (11)
2021#10,292 (9)
2020#13,453 (6)
2018#15,682 (5)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2018 at #5,320.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2005.
  • In 2024, 40% of US babies named Mj were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 110,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 110,000rare
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Mj is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 130,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 67,000 to 1 in 240,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.