Junior
A boys’ name of Latin origin, meaning younger; the younger one.
Babies a year
77
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
#752
down from #682
UK popularity
#497
77 babies · up from #500
How Junior has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #830 |
| 2016 | #811 |
| 2017 | #863 |
| 2018 | #794 |
| 2019 | #823 |
| 2020 | #750 |
| 2021 | #739 |
| 2022 | #771 |
| 2023 | #736 |
| 2024 | #682 |
| 2025 | #752 |
In 2025, 77 babies in England and Wales were named Junior. In the US, 250 were, though that figure is from 2017 — the most recent full year we hold. Its US peak was 1,591 in 1926.
Looking further back: between 1880 and 2008, Junior was most common in 1925, when it went to 0.13% of American babies of that sex. Squarely vintage-revival territory.
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