girls:
36 births since 2018
#5680 (1st percentile)
boys:
157 births since 2005
#4429 (3rd percentile)
overall:
193 births since 2005
#7546 (2nd percentile)
The name Mj is the #7,546 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 193 recorded births since 2005. This represents the 2.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,429 (3.4% percentile) for all time with 157 births since 2005. For girls, it ranks #5,680 (0.6% percentile) for all time with 36 births since 2018.
Mj first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2005 (2005 for boys and 2018 for girls). Birth data for Mj is available in 17 out of the 19 years between 2005 and 2023 (17 years for boys and 5 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Mj has been given predominantly to boys, with 81.3% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 68.8% of babies named Mj were boys.
For boys, Mj reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 1.3% percentile (ranked #901) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Mj ranks #905 for boys (0.7% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 68.7% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Mj reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 0.6% percentile (ranked #952) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.6% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for girls has remained relatively stable. Currently, Mj ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 46.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Mj".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Mj. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 55.9% confident that Mj is pronounced as EHM-JAY, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is mjay, at 23.5% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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