Junita — girls' name

What the Data Says About Junita

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,314 babies named Junita between 1912 and 1992, spanning 81 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Junita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1926, when 41 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Junita performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 294 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Junita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 32 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Arkansas and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Junita in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Junita 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 1,314 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.