Jr
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 38 babies a year in the US.
Babies a year
38
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Jr by the numbers
Jr was given to 38 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 43 babies in 1989, making it a 1980s name.
What we can tell you about Jr
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jr. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.