Junice — girls' name
229 babies named Junice in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
45% of everyone ever named Junice was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Junice in 1920 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Junice
The Social Security Administration has registered 229 babies named Junice between 1917 and 1966, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Junice currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1966. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Junice performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 104 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Junice shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Junice in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Junice 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 229 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.
Junice at a glance
Last recorded 1966Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Junice popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–1917
- Peak year (1920)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 50 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1966.
229 total births across 50 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1920 with 16 births in a single year.
Junice by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 104 births that decade — 45% of Junice's all-time total
Junice decade highlights
- Peak decade 104 births
- Runner-up 66 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Junice's strongest decade
104 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Junice by state
Where Junice concentrates geographically — total births since 1917
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Minnesota | | 11 | 4.8% |
11 of 229 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Minnesota 4.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Minnesota accounts for 4.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1917–1966 (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.