Junius
#7,194 for boys in 2025, 11 births
- Peak · boys
- 1891 · 26 births
- Debut · boys
- 22 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,373since 1880
Junius over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Junius has never cracked the top 300 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 | #7,194 | 11 |
| 2024 | #12,349 | 5 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #8,990 | 8 |
| 2021 | #12,146 | 5 |
| 2020 | #9,554 | 7 |
| 2019 | #7,643 | 10 |
| 2018 | #10,760 | 6 |
| 2017 | #8,840 | 8 |
| 2016 | #9,664 | 7 |
| 2015 | #8,040 | 9 |
| 2014 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | #6,603 | 12 |
| 2012 | #10,770 | 6 |
| 2011 | #8,079 | 9 |
| 2010 | #6,359 | 13 |
| 2009 | #8,985 | 8 |
| 2008 | #7,187 | 11 |
| 2007 | #9,788 | 7 |
| 2006 | #7,427 | 10 |
| 2005 | #7,096 | 10 |
| 2004 | #7,536 | 9 |
| 2003 | #6,258 | 11 |
| 2002 | #6,088 | 11 |
| 2001 | #6,935 | 9 |
| 2000 | #6,839 | 9 |
| 1999 | #7,139 | 8 |
| 1998 | #5,840 | 10 |
| 1997 | #5,288 | 11 |
| 1996 | #5,982 | 9 |
| 1995 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #6,968 | 7 |
| 1993 | #4,020 | 15 |
| 1992 | #3,748 | 16 |
| 1991 | #4,231 | 13 |
| 1990 | #3,779 | 15 |
| 1989 | #4,271 | 12 |
| 1988 | #3,523 | 14 |
| 1987 | #3,731 | 12 |
| 1986 | #3,653 | 12 |
| 1985 | #3,216 | 14 |
| 1984 | #3,107 | 14 |
| 1983 | #2,493 | 19 |
| 1982 | #2,709 | 17 |
| 1981 | #3,601 | 11 |
| 1980 | #2,162 | 24 |
| 1979 | #2,777 | 16 |
| 1978 | #2,929 | 14 |
| 1977 | #3,203 | 12 |
| 1976 | #2,113 | 22 |
| 1975 | #2,288 | 19 |
| 1974 | #1,983 | 22 |
| 1973 | #2,716 | 13 |
| 1972 | #1,473 | 33 |
| 1971 | #1,987 | 21 |
| 1970 | #1,743 | 25 |
| 1969 | #1,642 | 25 |
| 1968 | #1,650 | 23 |
| 1967 | #1,573 | 24 |
| 1966 | #1,613 | 23 |
| 1965 | #1,271 | 36 |
| 1964 | #1,408 | 31 |
| 1963 | #1,426 | 30 |
| 1962 | #1,479 | 28 |
| 1961 | #1,222 | 42 |
| 1960 | #1,552 | 27 |
| 1959 | #1,280 | 37 |
| 1958 | #1,446 | 29 |
| 1957 | #1,300 | 36 |
| 1956 | #1,257 | 37 |
| 1955 | #1,022 | 54 |
| 1954 | #1,137 | 43 |
| 1953 | #1,170 | 40 |
| 1952 | #1,182 | 39 |
| 1951 | #1,097 | 43 |
| 1950 | #850 | 64 |
| 1949 | #997 | 49 |
| 1948 | #868 | 62 |
| 1947 | #956 | 55 |
| 1946 | #980 | 47 |
| 1945 | #1,103 | 35 |
| 1944 | #949 | 46 |
| 1943 | #875 | 58 |
| 1942 | #839 | 60 |
| 1941 | #1,066 | 37 |
| 1940 | #982 | 43 |
| 1939 | #916 | 46 |
| 1938 | #883 | 50 |
| 1937 | #803 | 59 |
| 1936 | #827 | 54 |
| 1935 | #858 | 53 |
| 1934 | #716 | 73 |
| 1933 | #694 | 74 |
| 1932 | #739 | 71 |
| 1931 | #673 | 79 |
| 1930 | #692 | 81 |
| 1929 | #575 | 108 |
| 1928 | #588 | 110 |
| 1927 | #584 | 112 |
| 1926 | #533 | 130 |
| 1925 | #497 | 149 |
| 1924 | #547 | 132 |
| 1923 | #550 | 126 |
| 1922 | #543 | 133 |
| 1921 | #560 | 127 |
| 1920 | #490 | 151 |
| 1919 | #543 | 121 |
| 1918 | #536 | 127 |
| 1917 | #544 | 115 |
| 1916 | #482 | 139 |
| 1915 | #518 | 116 |
| 1914 | #539 | 83 |
| 1913 | #510 | 71 |
| 1912 | #502 | 61 |
| 1911 | #506 | 34 |
| 1910 | #415 | 42 |
| 1909 | #449 | 32 |
| 1908 | #389 | 36 |
| 1907 | #405 | 31 |
| 1906 | #465 | 23 |
| 1905 | #477 | 22 |
| 1904 | #431 | 24 |
| 1903 | #619 | 13 |
| 1902 | #426 | 23 |
| 1901 | #399 | 22 |
| 1900 | #393 | 32 |
| 1899 | #362 | 25 |
| 1898 | #452 | 20 |
| 1897 | #459 | 18 |
| 1896 | #338 | 31 |
| 1895 | #399 | 23 |
| 1894 | #336 | 28 |
| 1893 | #371 | 23 |
| 1892 | #348 | 29 |
| 1891 | #333 | 26 |
| 1890 | #458 | 16 |
| 1889 | #464 | 16 |
| 1888 | #505 | 15 |
| 1887 | #438 | 15 |
| 1886 | #512 | 13 |
| 1885 | #577 | 11 |
| 1884 | #468 | 16 |
| 1883 | #381 | 20 |
| 1882 | #370 | 23 |
| 1881 | #348 | 22 |
| 1880 | #363 | 22 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Junius was already there! It came in at #363, and was given to 22 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2023–2024, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Junius is popular in 1936
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- Louisiana#202 · 1 in 1,150
- Virginia#249 · 1 in 1,984
- North Carolina#438 · 1 in 5,675
Best ever in a state: #94 in Louisiana, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Louisiana | #202 | 17 | 1 in 1,150 |
| Virginia | #249 | 11 | 1 in 1,984 |
| North Carolina | #438 | 6 | 1 in 5,675 |
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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
Rising
- 5,155 spots since 2024 (#12,349 → #7,194)
- 2,360 spots since 2020 (#9,554 → #7,194)
- 846 spots since 2015 (#8,040 → #7,194)
- Biggest jump: 227 spots in 1942 (#1,066 → #839)
- Biggest drop: 247 spots in 1951 (#850 → #1,097)
Rise & fade · boys
11 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1891 at #333 (26 births)
- Births halved by 1903, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 69 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 69 yrs · run 1880–1940
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,857
- Highest: 1 in 3,857 boys born in 1896 were named Junius (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 155,280 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #333 in 1891, was only 1 in 3,892 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 23.8% of all boys named Junius (1,278) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 173 | #348 (1881) | #443 |
| 1890s | 239 | #333 (1891) | #386 |
| 1900s | 258 | #389 (1908) | #445 |
| 1910s | 909 | #415 (1910) | #510 |
| 1920s | 1,278 | #490 (1920) | #547 |
| 1930s | 640 | #673 (1931) | #780 |
| 1940s | 492 | #839 (1942) | #962 |
| 1950s | 422 | #850 (1950) | #1,174 |
| 1960s | 289 | #1,222 (1961) | #1,484 |
| 1970s | 197 | #1,473 (1972) | #2,321 |
| 1980s | 149 | #2,162 (1980) | #3,247 |
| 1990s | 111 | #3,748 (1992) | #5,399 |
| 2000s | 95 | #6,088 (2002) | #7,414 |
| 2010s | 85 | #6,359 (2010) | #8,887 |
| 2020s | 36 | #7,194 (2025) | #10,047 |
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.
Junius in 1936
boys
#827
54 births · 1 in 19,208 boys
Top boys' names in 1936
More about 1936
boys
1,037,205 boys got a published name in 1936; 1 in 19,208 of them was named Junius, which outranked 79.5% of the 4,037 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).