At a glance
- U.S. rank 2025
- #3,949 of boy names (outside the top 1,000)
- Babies in 2025
- 27 (<0.01% of boys)
- Trend
- Slipping #2,658 in 2020 to #3,949 in 2025
- Peak
- #1,809 in 1990
- First recorded
- 1968
Meaning of Cj
CJ unfolds like a warm breeze over a sun-drenched plaza, its two letters—“C” and “J,” pronounced see-jay—dancing in tandem to conjure a union of souls. Born in the modern vernacular as the whispered initials of cherished parents or the shared heritage of dual given names, it carries the ghostly gravitas of the Roman Caius and the Jovial spirit of Julius, yet blooms anew in every setting it graces. In the vast ledger of American births, CJ has never ruled the roost—twenty-eight boys claimed it in 2024, hovering near the eight hundred ninety-sixth rank—but its steady, unhurried presence since the 1970s speaks of a quiet confidence, an open invitation to write one’s own legend, whether under the neon hum of a city skyline or amid the rustle of olive groves at dusk.
How to pronounce Cj
English
- Pronounced see-jay /siː.dʒeɪ/
Popularity of Cj in the U.S.
Cj was the #3,949 boy name in the U.S. in 2025, with 27 babies. It peaked at #1,809 in 1990. It first appears in the records in 1968.
- Rank among U.S. boy names (right scale, #1 at the top)
Year-by-year table, 1968–2025 51 rows
| Year | Babies | Rank | vs previous year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | 3,949 | ▼ 53 |
| 2024 | 28 | 3,896 | ▼ 549 |
| 2023 | 35 | 3,347 | ▼ 69 |
| 2022 | 36 | 3,278 | ▲ 149 |
| 2021 | 33 | 3,427 | ▼ 769 |
| 2020 | 47 | 2,658 | ▲ 913 |
| 2019 | 31 | 3,571 | ▲ 655 |
| 2018 | 24 | 4,226 | ▼ 786 |
| 2017 | 32 | 3,440 | ▲ 1,336 |
| 2016 | 20 | 4,776 | ▼ 1,411 |
| 2015 | 33 | 3,365 | ▼ 743 |
| 2014 | 46 | 2,622 | ▲ 567 |
| 2013 | 34 | 3,189 | ▼ 417 |
| 2012 | 43 | 2,772 | ▲ 592 |
| 2011 | 32 | 3,364 | ▼ 56 |
| 2010 | 33 | 3,308 | ▼ 146 |
| 2009 | 36 | 3,162 | ▲ 324 |
| 2008 | 31 | 3,486 | ▼ 461 |
| 2007 | 38 | 3,025 | ▼ 1 |
| 2006 | 36 | 3,024 | ▼ 178 |
| 2005 | 37 | 2,846 | ▲ 371 |
| 2004 | 30 | 3,217 | ▼ 543 |
| 2003 | 37 | 2,674 | ▲ 11 |
| 2002 | 35 | 2,685 | ▼ 123 |
| 2001 | 37 | 2,562 | ▲ 112 |
| 2000 | 34 | 2,674 | ▼ 66 |
| 1999 | 33 | 2,608 | ▼ 158 |
| 1998 | 35 | 2,450 | ▲ 96 |
| 1997 | 31 | 2,546 | ▼ 11 |
| 1996 | 30 | 2,535 | ▼ 395 |
| 1995 | 38 | 2,140 | ▼ 213 |
| 1994 | 43 | 1,927 | ▲ 770 |
| 1993 | 26 | 2,697 | ▼ 394 |
| 1992 | 32 | 2,303 | ▼ 251 |
| 1991 | 36 | 2,052 | ▼ 243 |
| 1990 | 43 | 1,809 | ▲ 550 |
| 1989 | 28 | 2,359 | ▲ 240 |
| 1988 | 22 | 2,599 | ▲ 126 |
| 1987 | 19 | 2,725 | ▼ 499 |
| 1986 | 25 | 2,226 | ▲ 1,826 |
| 1985 | 10 | 4,052 | ▼ 945 |
| 1984 | 14 | 3,107 | ▲ 1,034 |
| 1983 | 9 | 4,141 | ▼ 175 |
| 1982 | 10 | 3,966 | ▼ 936 |
| 1981 | 14 | 3,030 | ▲ 585 |
| 1980 | 11 | 3,615 | ▲ 1,227 |
| 1979 | 7 | 4,842 | ▼ 288 |
| 1978 | 7 | 4,554 | ▲ 1,291 |
| 1977 | 5 | 5,845 | back (not recorded in 1975–1976) |
| 1974 | 5 | 5,228 | back (not recorded in 1969–1973) |
| 1968 | 5 | 4,136 | new |