June — #152 US girls' name
203,564 babies named June in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1925. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 99.1% of names given to girls today.
28% of everyone ever named June was born in this single decade.
6,649 babies were named June in 1925 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About June
The Social Security Administration has registered 203,564 babies named June between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, June currently holds the #152 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1925, when 6,649 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that June performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 56,483 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, June shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 18,692 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list June in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for June 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 203,564 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.
June at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
June popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (1925)
- 6,649
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #152 among girls.
203,564 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1925 with 6,649 births in a single year.
June popularity over time — boys
3,561 total births recorded since 1880 (June as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of June accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
June by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 56,483 births that decade — 28% of June's all-time total
June decade highlights
- Peak decade 56,483 births
- Runner-up 40,743 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was June's strongest decade
56,483 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 28% of all-time use.
June by state
Where June concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 18,692 | 9.2% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 15,604 | 7.7% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 13,386 | 6.6% |
| #4 | California | | 12,484 | 6.1% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 11,344 | 5.6% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 10,113 | 5.0% |
| #7 | Massachusetts | | 7,205 | 3.5% |
| #8 | Wisconsin | | 7,077 | 3.5% |
18,692 of 203,564 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 9.2% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 7.7% of nationwide
- Illinois 6.6% of nationwide
- California 6.1% of nationwide
- Ohio 5.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 9.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
June appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1880–2024 (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.