Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Jr

#3,422 most common boys' name of all time · #8,337 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1915–2025

Rank among boys
#3,422
Rank overall
#8,337 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
95 of 146
All-time
1,729
Since 2016
257
Peak year
1989 #1,777
Best rank
#1,348 1927
Girls Boys peak 43/yr
192019401960198020002020

Jr first appears in 1915. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 24 24 #4,268
2024 — 27 27 #4,002
2023 — 14 14 #6,258
2022 — 19 19 #5,046
2021 — 28 28 #3,833
2020 — 25 25 #4,032
2019 — 25 25 #4,131
2018 — 27 27 #3,907
2017 — 38 38 #3,082
2016 — 30 30 #3,614
2015 — 29 29 #3,697
2014 — 27 27 #3,801
2013 — 32 32 #3,350
2012 — 27 27 #3,820
2011 — 23 23 #4,239
2010 — 28 28 #3,727
2009 — 26 26 #3,937
2008 — 28 28 #3,760
2007 — 35 35 #3,203
2006 — 33 33 #3,243
2005 — 34 34 #3,037
2004 — 34 34 #2,966
2003 — 33 33 #2,940
2002 — 33 33 #2,835
2001 — 26 26 #3,338
2000 — 30 30 #2,936
1999 — 25 25 #3,209
1998 — 19 19 #3,746
1997 — 17 17 #3,915
1996 — 22 22 #3,226
1995 — 21 21 #3,223
1994 — 25 25 #2,874
1993 — 15 15 #4,057
1992 — 26 26 #2,690
1991 — 23 23 #2,854
1990 — 23 23 #2,801
1989 — 43 43 #1,777
1988 — 22 22 #2,630
1987 — 17 17 #2,976
1986 — 16 16 #3,042
1985 — 14 14 #3,277
1984 — 20 20 #2,467
1983 — 8 8 #4,599
1982 — 22 22 #2,303
1981 — 22 22 #2,294
1980 — 30 30 #1,884
1979 — 31 31 #1,806
1978 — 19 19 #2,412
1977 — 8 8 #4,269
1976 — 8 8 #4,120
1975 — 5 5 #5,661
1974 — 6 6 #4,793
1973 — 8 8 #3,809
1972 — 7 7 #4,110
1971 — 10 10 #3,249
1970 — 9 9 #3,365
1969 — 6 6 #4,111
1968 — 8 8 #3,217
1967 — 10 10 #2,683
1966 — 8 8 #3,114
1965 — 9 9 #2,886
1964 — 10 10 #2,768
1963 — 9 9 #2,963
1962 — 7 7 #3,470
1959 — 5 5 #4,243
1948 — 5 5 #3,969
1946 — 6 6 #3,403
1944 — 6 6 #3,321
1943 — 7 7 #3,147
1942 — 9 9 #2,675
1940 — 14 14 #1,974
1939 — 10 10 #2,430
1938 — 10 10 #2,457
1937 — 10 10 #2,447
1936 — 5 5 #3,858
1935 — 7 7 #3,171
1934 — 9 9 #2,700
1933 — 10 10 #2,513
1932 — 10 10 #2,621
1931 — 18 18 #1,763
1930 — 21 21 #1,637
1929 — 21 21 #1,670
1928 — 21 21 #1,705
1927 — 31 31 #1,348
1926 — 19 19 #1,843
1925 — 30 30 #1,359
1924 — 16 16 #2,125
1923 — 11 11 #2,751
1922 — 16 16 #2,140
1921 — 12 12 #2,621
1920 — 13 13 #2,453
1919 — 10 10 #2,848
1918 — 9 9 #3,065
1917 — 8 8 #3,169
1915 — 7 7 #3,351