Unisex name · since 1880
Junie
1,884 babies named Junie in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,873 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,485 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,884
- born since 1880
- 2020s
- peak decade
1,884 babies have been named Junie since 1880, making it today's #1485 unisex name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Junie has been recorded 1,884 times among girls since 1880, currently ranked #1485 nationally and more common than 91% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #4,873 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,485 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,884 born since 1880
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Junie ranks #4,873 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,485 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,884 born since 1880, peaking in the 2020s.
- #4,873 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,485 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,884
- born since 1880
- 2020s
- peak decade
Junie's 1,884 recorded births place it above 93.26% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
16 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Junie compares
1,884 Top 23% higher than 77% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Junie's all-time total is 5x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Junie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,884 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 144 | 21 | 19,840 |
Junie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Junie splits its recorded history at 1947: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1880 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 144 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Junie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 144
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Currently ranks #1485 among girls.
1,884 total births across 146 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2025 with 144 births in a single year.
Junie popularity over time - boys
168 total births recorded since 1913 (Junie as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Junie accounts for 8% of total recorded use across both genders.
Junie by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (525 births, 28% of the file).
2020s was Junie's strongest decade.
525 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Junie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 44
1880s
44 births
- 1890s 75
1890s
75 births
- 1900s 76
1900s
76 births
- 1910s 120
1910s
120 births
- 1920s 202
1920s
202 births
- 1930s 135
1930s
135 births
- 1940s 150
1940s
150 births
- 1950s 159
1950s
159 births
- 1960s 59
1960s
59 births
- 1970s 46
1970s
46 births
- 1980s 63
1980s
63 births
- 1990s 17
1990s
17 births
- 2000s 47
2000s
47 births
- 2010s 166
2010s
166 births
- 2020s
2020s
525 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 525 births (28% of all-time use).
Junie decade highlights
- Peak decade 525 births
- Runner-up 202 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
How Junie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Junie's total volume
Junie by state
Where Junie concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 55 | 2.9% |
| #2 | California | | 50 | 2.7% |
| #3 | Florida | | 35 | 1.9% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 33 | 1.8% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 20 | 1.1% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 17 | 0.9% |
| #7 | Kentucky | | 14 | 0.7% |
| #8 | Missouri | | 11 | 0.6% |
55 of 1,884 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 16 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 2.9% of nationwide
- California 2.7% of nationwide
- Florida 1.9% of nationwide
- North Carolina 1.8% of nationwide
- Georgia 1.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 16 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 2.9% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Junie appears in 16 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Junie's data
- Texas records the most Junies (55 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Junie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Junie draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.
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