Juniata — girls' name
27 babies named Juniata in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1922. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
44% of everyone ever named Juniata was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Juniata in 1922 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Juniata
The Social Security Administration has registered 27 babies named Juniata between 1912 and 1936, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Juniata currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1936. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Juniata performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Juniata shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Juniata 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 27 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.
Juniata at a glance
Last recorded 1936Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Juniata popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1936–1912
- Peak year (1922)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1936.
27 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1922 with 6 births in a single year.
Juniata by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 12 births that decade — 44% of Juniata's all-time total
Juniata decade highlights
- Peak decade 12 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Juniata's strongest decade
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% 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, 1912–1936 (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.