Junior

Where Junior comes from

From junior. The town in West Virginia was established on November 13, 1897, and named after Henry G. Davis Jr. (1871–1896), a son of United States Senator from West Virginia Henry G. Davis (1823–1916) who had been drowned at sea off the Atlantic Coast of South Africa while returning home on the steamship Munkesenton.
— Wiktionary's entry for Junior
Along the way
  1. 1882
    First appearance
    #652 among boys, 9 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1925
    Peak, #115
    1,545 babies named Junior — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1935
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #191.
  4. 1979
    Junior Agogo born
    Ghanaian association football player
  5. 1996
    Junior Firpo born
    Dominican Republic association football player
In the dictionary
  • A male given name, from a nickname for someone with the title Jr. (junior).
  • Used as a generic name for a son.
Namesakes
  • Junior Firpo · Dominican Republic association football player, born 1996
  • Junior Agogo · Ghanaian association football player, 1979–2019
  • Junior Messias · Brazilian footballer, born 1991
  • Junior Stanislas · English association football player, born 1989
  • Junior Kabananga · Democratic Republic of the Congo footballer, born 1989

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.