Junior
Last seen for girls in 1995 at #13,386 · #752 for boys in 2025, 343 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1925 · 1,545 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 42,987since 1882
Junior over time
Rank among boys' names. Junior has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #752 | 343 | |
| 2024 | — | #683 | 398 | |
| 2023 | — | #735 | 357 | |
| 2022 | — | #773 | 327 | |
| 2021 | — | #737 | 347 | |
| 2020 | — | #748 | 324 | |
| 2019 | — | #820 | 275 | |
| 2018 | — | #792 | 286 | |
| 2017 | — | #862 | 253 | |
| 2016 | — | #809 | 284 | |
| 2015 | — | #822 | 275 | |
| 2014 | — | #817 | 278 | |
| 2013 | — | #762 | 296 | |
| 2012 | — | #814 | 272 | |
| 2011 | — | #784 | 285 | |
| 2010 | — | #768 | 291 | |
| 2009 | — | #708 | 336 | |
| 2008 | — | #641 | 381 | |
| 2007 | — | #617 | 401 | |
| 2006 | — | #625 | 379 | |
| 2005 | — | #609 | 370 | |
| 2004 | — | #649 | 316 | |
| 2003 | — | #647 | 311 | |
| 2002 | — | #631 | 311 | |
| 2001 | — | #671 | 270 | |
| 2000 | — | #673 | 265 | |
| 1999 | — | #771 | 206 | |
| 1998 | — | #753 | 213 | |
| 1997 | — | #725 | 214 | |
| 1996 | — | #732 | 209 | |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | #709 | 224 |
| 1994 | — | #786 | 182 | |
| 1993 | — | #812 | 169 | |
| 1992 | — | #775 | 181 | |
| 1991 | — | #824 | 158 | |
| 1990 | — | #828 | 152 | |
| 1989 | — | #839 | 142 | |
| 1988 | — | #789 | 144 | |
| 1987 | — | #798 | 135 | |
| 1986 | — | #848 | 114 | |
| 1985 | — | #856 | 111 | |
| 1984 | — | #874 | 101 | |
| 1983 | — | #843 | 107 | |
| 1982 | — | #764 | 132 | |
| 1981 | — | #851 | 107 | |
| 1980 | — | #800 | 120 | |
| 1979 | — | #917 | 91 | |
| 1978 | — | #950 | 83 | |
| 1977 | — | #847 | 102 | |
| 1976 | — | #820 | 104 | |
| 1975 | — | #916 | 80 | |
| 1974 | — | #856 | 87 | |
| 1973 | — | #792 | 100 | |
| 1972 | — | #877 | 84 | |
| 1971 | — | #767 | 114 | |
| 1970 | — | #800 | 103 | |
| 1969 | — | #676 | 135 | |
| 1968 | — | #736 | 102 | |
| 1967 | — | #705 | 110 | |
| 1966 | — | #635 | 135 | |
| 1965 | — | #622 | 149 | |
| 1964 | — | #601 | 173 | |
| 1963 | — | #620 | 158 | |
| 1962 | — | #586 | 177 | |
| 1961 | — | #567 | 192 | |
| 1960 | — | #551 | 204 | |
| 1959 | — | #580 | 184 | |
| 1958 | — | #543 | 201 | |
| 1957 | — | #499 | 243 | |
| 1956 | — | #499 | 230 | |
| 1955 | — | #482 | 232 | |
| 1954 | — | #446 | 263 | |
| 1953 | — | #469 | 225 | |
| 1952 | — | #441 | 254 | |
| 1951 | — | #416 | 269 | |
| 1950 | — | #407 | 274 | |
| 1949 | — | #399 | 284 | |
| 1948 | — | #373 | 329 | |
| 1947 | — | #347 | 388 | |
| 1946 | — | #345 | 351 | |
| 1945 | — | #298 | 401 | |
| 1944 | — | #303 | 392 | |
| 1943 | — | #304 | 416 | |
| 1942 | — | #297 | 416 | |
| 1941 | — | #290 | 398 | |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 | #271 | 429 |
| 1939 | — | #249 | 464 | |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 | #231 | 517 |
| 1937 | — | #212 | 562 | |
| 1936 | #3,103 | 8 | #194 | 637 |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | #191 | 677 |
| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 | #170 | 816 |
| 1933 | — | #168 | 822 | |
| 1932 | #2,130 | 15 | #145 | 1,116 |
| 1931 | #2,427 | 12 | #150 | 1,068 |
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 | #135 | 1,325 |
| 1929 | #2,301 | 14 | #120 | 1,442 |
| 1928 | #2,094 | 17 | #120 | 1,493 |
| 1927 | #2,026 | 19 | #119 | 1,588 |
| 1926 | #2,474 | 14 | #117 | 1,590 |
| 1925 | #2,617 | 13 | #115 | 1,545 |
| 1924 | #2,661 | 13 | #121 | 1,495 |
| 1923 | #2,732 | 12 | #139 | 1,172 |
| 1922 | #2,780 | 12 | #149 | 1,024 |
| 1921 | — | #167 | 877 | |
| 1920 | #3,340 | 9 | #193 | 699 |
| 1919 | — | #235 | 508 | |
| 1918 | — | #270 | 389 | |
| 1917 | — | #332 | 268 | |
| 1916 | — | #394 | 199 | |
| 1915 | — | #450 | 148 | |
| 1914 | — | #500 | 96 | |
| 1913 | — | #523 | 67 | |
| 1912 | — | #532 | 56 | |
| 1911 | — | #514 | 33 | |
| 1910 | — | #456 | 36 | |
| 1909 | — | #590 | 20 | |
| 1908 | — | #475 | 27 | |
| 1907 | — | #634 | 16 | |
| 1906 | — | #547 | 18 | |
| 1905 | — | #549 | 18 | |
| 1904 | — | #686 | 12 | |
| 1903 | — | #783 | 9 | |
| 1902 | — | #583 | 14 | |
| 1901 | — | #559 | 13 | |
| 1900 | — | #649 | 15 | |
| 1899 | — | #714 | 9 | |
| 1898 | — | #885 | 7 | |
| 1897 | — | #787 | 8 | |
| 1896 | — | #674 | 11 | |
| 1895 | — | #978 | 6 | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | #836 | 7 | |
| 1892 | — | #641 | 11 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #815 | 7 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | #765 | 7 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #652 | 9 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Junior! It came in at #652, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1884, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Junior
- 69 spots since 2024 (#683 → #752)
- 4 spots since 2020 (#748 → #752)
- 70 spots since 2015 (#822 → #752)
- Biggest jump: 304 spots in 1896 (#978 → #674)
- Biggest drop: 200 spots in 1903 (#583 → #783)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1925 at #115 (1,545 births)
- Births halved by 1935, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 136 yrs · run 1895–2025
- Highest: 1 in 698 boys born in 1926 were named Junior (0.14%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,980 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- Its best rank, #115 in 1925, was only 1 in 722 (0.14%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 30.1% of all boys named Junior (12,925) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 23 | #652 (1882) | #744 |
| 1890s | 59 | #641 (1892) | #788 |
| 1900s | 162 | #475 (1908) | #606 |
| 1910s | 1,800 | #235 (1919) | #421 |
| 1920s | 12,925 | #115 (1925) | #136 |
| 1930s | 8,004 | #135 (1930) | #185 |
| 1940s | 3,804 | #271 (1940) | #323 |
| 1950s | 2,375 | #407 (1950) | #478 |
| 1960s | 1,535 | #551 (1960) | #630 |
| 1970s | 948 | #767 (1971) | #854 |
| 1980s | 1,213 | #764 (1982) | #826 |
| 1990s | 1,908 | #709 (1995) | #772 |
| 2000s | 3,340 | #609 (2005) | #647 |
| 2010s | 2,795 | #762 (2013) | #805 |
| 2020s | 2,096 | #683 (2024) | #738 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Junior in 1927
Top girls' names in 1927
Top boys' names in 1927
More about 1927
girls
1,192,431 girls got a published name in 1927; 1 in 62,760 of them was named Junior, which outranked 63.8% of the 5,602 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,935Willine20
- #1,935Willma20
- #1,935Wyoma20
- #2,026Junior19
- #2,026Ardyth19
- #2,026Arlee19
- #2,026Armelia19
- #2,095Abby18
- #2,095Alex18
- #2,095Allegra18
Tied with 68 names at #2,026; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,126,915 boys got a published name in 1927; 1 in 710 of them was named Junior, which outranked 97.5% of the 4,802 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.