Junior
A boys’ name of Latin origin, meaning younger; the younger one.
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 |
Junior by the numbers
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.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 1,591 babies in 1926, so it is a 1920s name that has since fallen a long way.
At its height, in 1925, about 1 in 740 American boys born that year was called Junior.
Names that come from Junior
Forms of Junior in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Jack-Juniorgod is gracious, the younger; compound of Jack and Junior6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Yuniorthe younger; a form of Junior6 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Junior. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Names about as common as Junior
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