Junior — #682 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Junior

The Social Security Administration has registered 42,630 babies named Junior between 1882 and 2024, spanning 143 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Junior currently holds the #682 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1926, when 1,590 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Junior performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 12,925 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Junior shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 2,593 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by West Virginia and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Junior in 46 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Junior 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 42,630 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.