Junior
#550 most common boys' name of all time · #1,214 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1882–2025
Rank among boys
#550
Rank overall
#1,214 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
136 of 146
All-time
43,182
Since 2016
3,194
Peak year
1927 #119
Best rank
#115 1925
Girls
Boys
peak 1,607/yr
Junior first appears in 1882. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 343 | 343 | #752 |
| 2024 | — | 398 | 398 | #683 |
| 2023 | — | 357 | 357 | #735 |
| 2022 | — | 327 | 327 | #773 |
| 2021 | — | 347 | 347 | #738 |
| 2020 | — | 324 | 324 | #750 |
| 2019 | — | 275 | 275 | #820 |
| 2018 | — | 286 | 286 | #792 |
| 2017 | — | 253 | 253 | #862 |
| 2016 | — | 284 | 284 | #810 |
| 2015 | — | 275 | 275 | #823 |
| 2014 | — | 278 | 278 | #818 |
| 2013 | — | 296 | 296 | #763 |
| 2012 | — | 272 | 272 | #814 |
| 2011 | — | 285 | 285 | #784 |
| 2010 | — | 291 | 291 | #768 |
| 2009 | — | 336 | 336 | #709 |
| 2008 | — | 381 | 381 | #642 |
| 2007 | — | 401 | 401 | #617 |
| 2006 | — | 379 | 379 | #625 |
| 2005 | — | 370 | 370 | #609 |
| 2004 | — | 316 | 316 | #649 |
| 2003 | — | 311 | 311 | #647 |
| 2002 | — | 311 | 311 | #631 |
| 2001 | — | 270 | 270 | #671 |
| 2000 | — | 265 | 265 | #673 |
| 1999 | — | 206 | 206 | #771 |
| 1998 | — | 213 | 213 | #754 |
| 1997 | — | 214 | 214 | #726 |
| 1996 | — | 209 | 209 | #734 |
| 1995 | 5 | 224 | 229 | #710 |
| 1994 | — | 182 | 182 | #786 |
| 1993 | — | 169 | 169 | #813 |
| 1992 | — | 181 | 181 | #776 |
| 1991 | — | 158 | 158 | #824 |
| 1990 | — | 152 | 152 | #829 |
| 1989 | — | 142 | 142 | #840 |
| 1988 | — | 144 | 144 | #789 |
| 1987 | — | 135 | 135 | #799 |
| 1986 | — | 114 | 114 | #848 |
| 1985 | — | 111 | 111 | #856 |
| 1984 | — | 101 | 101 | #875 |
| 1983 | — | 107 | 107 | #844 |
| 1982 | — | 132 | 132 | #765 |
| 1981 | — | 107 | 107 | #853 |
| 1980 | — | 120 | 120 | #802 |
| 1979 | — | 91 | 91 | #919 |
| 1978 | — | 83 | 83 | #951 |
| 1977 | — | 102 | 102 | #848 |
| 1976 | — | 104 | 104 | #823 |
| 1975 | — | 80 | 80 | #918 |
| 1974 | — | 87 | 87 | #857 |
| 1973 | — | 100 | 100 | #793 |
| 1972 | — | 84 | 84 | #882 |
| 1971 | — | 114 | 114 | #768 |
| 1970 | — | 103 | 103 | #800 |
| 1969 | — | 135 | 135 | #677 |
| 1968 | — | 102 | 102 | #740 |
| 1967 | — | 110 | 110 | #707 |
| 1966 | — | 135 | 135 | #637 |
| 1965 | — | 149 | 149 | #622 |
| 1964 | — | 173 | 173 | #601 |
| 1963 | — | 158 | 158 | #624 |
| 1962 | — | 177 | 177 | #587 |
| 1961 | — | 192 | 192 | #567 |
| 1960 | — | 204 | 204 | #553 |
| 1959 | — | 184 | 184 | #580 |
| 1958 | — | 201 | 201 | #543 |
| 1957 | — | 243 | 243 | #499 |
| 1956 | — | 230 | 230 | #500 |
| 1955 | — | 232 | 232 | #482 |
| 1954 | — | 263 | 263 | #446 |
| 1953 | — | 225 | 225 | #469 |
| 1952 | — | 254 | 254 | #442 |
| 1951 | — | 269 | 269 | #416 |
| 1950 | — | 274 | 274 | #407 |
| 1949 | — | 284 | 284 | #399 |
| 1948 | — | 329 | 329 | #373 |
| 1947 | — | 388 | 388 | #347 |
| 1946 | — | 351 | 351 | #345 |
| 1945 | — | 401 | 401 | #298 |
| 1944 | — | 392 | 392 | #304 |
| 1943 | — | 416 | 416 | #305 |
| 1942 | — | 416 | 416 | #297 |
| 1941 | — | 398 | 398 | #290 |
| 1940 | 6 | 429 | 435 | #271 |
| 1939 | — | 464 | 464 | #249 |
| 1938 | 7 | 517 | 524 | #231 |
| 1937 | — | 562 | 562 | #212 |
| 1936 | 8 | 637 | 645 | #194 |
| 1935 | 5 | 677 | 682 | #191 |
| 1934 | 7 | 816 | 823 | #171 |
| 1933 | — | 822 | 822 | #168 |
| 1932 | 15 | 1,116 | 1,131 | #145 |
| 1931 | 12 | 1,068 | 1,080 | #150 |
| 1930 | 7 | 1,325 | 1,332 | #135 |
| 1929 | 14 | 1,442 | 1,456 | #121 |
| 1928 | 17 | 1,493 | 1,510 | #120 |
| 1927 | 19 | 1,588 | 1,607 | #119 |
| 1926 | 14 | 1,590 | 1,604 | #117 |
| 1925 | 13 | 1,545 | 1,558 | #115 |
| 1924 | 13 | 1,495 | 1,508 | #121 |
| 1923 | 12 | 1,172 | 1,184 | #139 |
| 1922 | 12 | 1,024 | 1,036 | #149 |
| 1921 | — | 877 | 877 | #167 |
| 1920 | 9 | 699 | 708 | #194 |
| 1919 | — | 508 | 508 | #235 |
| 1918 | — | 389 | 389 | #270 |
| 1917 | — | 268 | 268 | #334 |
| 1916 | — | 199 | 199 | #395 |
| 1915 | — | 148 | 148 | #452 |
| 1914 | — | 96 | 96 | #502 |
| 1913 | — | 67 | 67 | #528 |
| 1912 | — | 56 | 56 | #538 |
| 1911 | — | 33 | 33 | #522 |
| 1910 | — | 36 | 36 | #460 |
| 1909 | — | 20 | 20 | #610 |
| 1908 | — | 27 | 27 | #486 |
| 1907 | — | 16 | 16 | #659 |
| 1906 | — | 18 | 18 | #566 |
| 1905 | — | 18 | 18 | #571 |
| 1904 | — | 12 | 12 | #717 |
| 1903 | — | 9 | 9 | #827 |
| 1902 | — | 14 | 14 | #610 |
| 1901 | — | 13 | 13 | #592 |
| 1900 | — | 15 | 15 | #676 |
| 1899 | — | 9 | 9 | #763 |
| 1898 | — | 7 | 7 | #953 |
| 1897 | — | 8 | 8 | #830 |
| 1896 | — | 11 | 11 | #714 |
| 1895 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,029 |
| 1893 | — | 7 | 7 | #883 |
| 1892 | — | 11 | 11 | #681 |
| 1888 | — | 7 | 7 | #885 |
| 1885 | — | 7 | 7 | #820 |
| 1882 | — | 9 | 9 | #690 |