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Cj

see-jay /siː.dʒeɪ/

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

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.

Bar and line chart: Cj in the U.S., 1968–2025. Bars: boys given the name each year, most 47 in 2020 and 27 in 2025. Line: rank among boy names, peak #1,809 in 1990, #3,949 in 2025.
  • Boys named Cj (left scale)
  • Rank among U.S. boy names (right scale, #1 at the top)
By year, 1968–2025. Source: SSA. Download: PNG · SVG
Year-by-year table, 1968⁠–⁠2025 51 rows
Cj: babies and rank among boy names in the U.S. by year
YearBabiesRankvs previous year
2025273,949▼ 53
2024283,896▼ 549
2023353,347▼ 69
2022363,278▲ 149
2021333,427▼ 769
2020472,658▲ 913
2019313,571▲ 655
2018244,226▼ 786
2017323,440▲ 1,336
2016204,776▼ 1,411
2015333,365▼ 743
2014462,622▲ 567
2013343,189▼ 417
2012432,772▲ 592
2011323,364▼ 56
2010333,308▼ 146
2009363,162▲ 324
2008313,486▼ 461
2007383,025▼ 1
2006363,024▼ 178
2005372,846▲ 371
2004303,217▼ 543
2003372,674▲ 11
2002352,685▼ 123
2001372,562▲ 112
2000342,674▼ 66
1999332,608▼ 158
1998352,450▲ 96
1997312,546▼ 11
1996302,535▼ 395
1995382,140▼ 213
1994431,927▲ 770
1993262,697▼ 394
1992322,303▼ 251
1991362,052▼ 243
1990431,809▲ 550
1989282,359▲ 240
1988222,599▲ 126
1987192,725▼ 499
1986252,226▲ 1,826
1985104,052▼ 945
1984143,107▲ 1,034
198394,141▼ 175
1982103,966▼ 936
1981143,030▲ 585
1980113,615▲ 1,227
197974,842▼ 288
197874,554▲ 1,291
197755,845back (not recorded in 1975–1976)
197455,228back (not recorded in 1969–1973)
196854,136new