Jr
- #4,249 for boys in 2025, 24 births
- Peak · boys
- 1927 · 31 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,729since 1915
Jr over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Jr has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,249 | 24 |
| 2024 | #3,986 | 27 |
| 2023 | #6,220 | 14 |
| 2022 | #5,019 | 19 |
| 2021 | #3,814 | 28 |
| 2020 | #4,020 | 25 |
| 2019 | #4,114 | 25 |
| 2018 | #3,891 | 27 |
| 2017 | #3,071 | 38 |
| 2016 | #3,596 | 30 |
| 2015 | #3,684 | 29 |
| 2014 | #3,787 | 27 |
| 2013 | #3,339 | 32 |
| 2012 | #3,807 | 27 |
| 2011 | #4,221 | 23 |
| 2010 | #3,708 | 28 |
| 2009 | #3,919 | 26 |
| 2008 | #3,744 | 28 |
| 2007 | #3,188 | 35 |
| 2006 | #3,227 | 33 |
| 2005 | #3,022 | 34 |
| 2004 | #2,953 | 34 |
| 2003 | #2,922 | 33 |
| 2002 | #2,817 | 33 |
| 2001 | #3,321 | 26 |
| 2000 | #2,922 | 30 |
| 1999 | #3,182 | 25 |
| 1998 | #3,708 | 19 |
| 1997 | #3,877 | 17 |
| 1996 | #3,202 | 22 |
| 1995 | #3,191 | 21 |
| 1994 | #2,847 | 25 |
| 1993 | #4,020 | 15 |
| 1992 | #2,670 | 26 |
| 1991 | #2,828 | 23 |
| 1990 | #2,780 | 23 |
| 1989 | #1,766 | 43 |
| 1988 | #2,599 | 22 |
| 1987 | #2,942 | 17 |
| 1986 | #3,005 | 16 |
| 1985 | #3,216 | 14 |
| 1984 | #2,437 | 20 |
| 1983 | #4,499 | 8 |
| 1982 | #2,269 | 22 |
| 1981 | #2,270 | 22 |
| 1980 | #1,852 | 30 |
| 1979 | #1,788 | 31 |
| 1978 | #2,375 | 19 |
| 1977 | #4,164 | 8 |
| 1976 | #4,012 | 8 |
| 1975 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #3,694 | 8 |
| 1972 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | #3,146 | 10 |
| 1970 | #3,282 | 9 |
| 1969 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | #3,107 | 8 |
| 1967 | #2,611 | 10 |
| 1966 | #2,986 | 8 |
| 1965 | #2,780 | 9 |
| 1964 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1963 | #2,858 | 9 |
| 1962 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,988 | 5 |
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| 1948 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | #3,109 | 6 |
| 1943 | #2,964 | 7 |
| 1942 | #2,523 | 9 |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,894 | 14 |
| 1939 | #2,288 | 10 |
| 1938 | #2,326 | 10 |
| 1937 | #2,332 | 10 |
| 1936 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #2,951 | 7 |
| 1934 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1933 | #2,368 | 10 |
| 1932 | #2,465 | 10 |
| 1931 | #1,693 | 18 |
| 1930 | #1,602 | 21 |
| 1929 | #1,611 | 21 |
| 1928 | #1,647 | 21 |
| 1927 | #1,322 | 31 |
| 1926 | #1,787 | 19 |
| 1925 | #1,332 | 30 |
| 1924 | #2,043 | 16 |
| 1923 | #2,614 | 11 |
| 1922 | #2,040 | 16 |
| 1921 | #2,502 | 12 |
| 1920 | #2,336 | 13 |
| 1919 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1918 | #2,882 | 9 |
| 1917 | #2,956 | 8 |
| 1916 | — | |
| 1915 | #3,082 | 7 |
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First appearance
1915
The first year at least five boys were named Jr! It came in at #3,082, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1916, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Jr is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Washington#999 · 1 in 6,560
- California#2,203 · 1 in 29,246
Best ever in a state: #256 in District of Columbia, 1989.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | #999 | 5 | 1 in 6,560 |
| California | #2,203 | 6 | 1 in 29,246 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 263 spots since 2024 (#3,986 → #4,249)
- 229 spots since 2020 (#4,020 → #4,249)
- 565 spots since 2015 (#3,684 → #4,249)
Rise & fade · boys
12 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1927 at #1,322 (31 births)
- Births halved by 1932, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 36,352
- Highest: 1 in 36,352 boys born in 1927 were named Jr (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 71,170 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 18.0% of all boys named Jr (312) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 34 | #2,665 (1919) | #2,896 |
| 1920s | 190 | #1,322 (1927) | #1,923 |
| 1930s | 110 | #1,602 (1930) | #2,414 |
| 1940s | 47 | #1,894 (1940) | #2,889 |
| 1950s | 5 | #3,988 (1959) | #3,988 |
| 1960s | 67 | #2,611 (1967) | #3,031 |
| 1970s | 111 | #1,788 (1979) | #3,652 |
| 1980s | 214 | #1,766 (1989) | #2,686 |
| 1990s | 216 | #2,670 (1992) | #3,231 |
| 2000s | 312 | #2,817 (2002) | #3,204 |
| 2010s | 286 | #3,071 (2017) | #3,722 |
| 2020s | 137 | #3,814 (2021) | #4,551 |
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.
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