Junah — boys' name
103 babies named Junah in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
42% of everyone ever named Junah was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Junah in 2002 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Junah
The Social Security Administration has registered 103 babies named Junah between 2001 and 2022, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Junah currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 14 babies received it in a single year. Junah is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 22 additional births since 2013.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Junah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 43 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Junah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Junah 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 103 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.
Junah at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Junah popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2001
- Peak year (2002)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
103 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2002 with 14 births in a single year.
Junah popularity over time — girls
22 total births recorded since 2013 (Junah as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Junah accounts for 18% of total recorded use across both genders.
Junah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 43 births that decade — 42% of Junah's all-time total
Junah decade highlights
- Peak decade 43 births
- Runner-up 43 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Junah's strongest decade
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% 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, 2001–2022 (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.