Unisex name · since 1979
Ju
Since 1979, U.S. Social Security records show 24 babies named Ju, peaking in 1979. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #43,621 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 24
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
24 girls have been named Ju since 1979, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ju has been recorded 24 times among girls since 1979, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 1999.
- #43,621 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 24 born since 1979
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ju ranks #43,621 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 24 born since 1979, peaking in the 1990s.
- #43,621 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 24
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Ju's 24 recorded births place it above 39.32% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ju's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ju splits its recorded history at 1992: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1980 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1979 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ju popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–1999
- Peak year (1979)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Ju popularity over time - boys
12 total births recorded since 1997 (Ju as boys' name)
Ju by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (12 births, 50% of the file).
1990s was Ju's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Ju births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
7 births
- 1980s
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 12 births (50% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ju: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~20 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1979–1999 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ju draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.