Junius

Where Junius comes from

Junius hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1796
    Junius Brutus Booth born
    English stage actor
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #363 among boys — 22 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1891
    Peak, #333
    26 babies named Junius — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1903
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #619.
  5. 1906
    Junius Richard Jayewardene born
    President of Sri Lanka from 1978 to 1989
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Junius Richard Jayewardene · President of Sri Lanka from 1978 to 1989, 1906–1996
  • Junius Brutus Booth · English stage actor, 1796–1852
  • Junius Spencer Morgan · American banker and financier, 1813–1890
  • Junius Daniel · Confederate Army general, 1828–1864
  • Junius Marion Futrell · American politician, 1870–1955

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.