Ju — unisex name
24 babies named Ju in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Ju was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Ju in 1979 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ju
The Social Security Administration has registered 24 babies named Ju between 1979 and 1999, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ju currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 7 babies received it in a single year. Ju is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 12 additional births since 1997.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ju performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Ju shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ju in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 24 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Ju at a glance
Last recorded 1999Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ju popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–1979
- Peak year (1979)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1999.
24 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1979 with 7 births in a single year.
Ju popularity over time — boys
12 total births recorded since 1997 (Ju as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Ju accounts for 33% of total recorded use across both genders.
Ju by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 12 births that decade — 50% of Ju's all-time total
Ju decade highlights
- Peak decade 12 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Ju's strongest decade
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1979–1999 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.