Junus — boys' name
41 babies named Junus in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
66% of everyone ever named Junus was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Junus in 1920 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Junus
The Social Security Administration has registered 41 babies named Junus between 1912 and 1926, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Junus currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1926. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Junus performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 27 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Junus shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Junus 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 41 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.
Junus at a glance
Last recorded 1926Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Junus popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1926–1912
- Peak year (1920)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1926.
41 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1920 with 7 births in a single year.
Junus by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 27 births that decade — 66% of Junus's all-time total
Junus decade highlights
- Peak decade 27 births
- Runner-up 14 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Junus's strongest decade
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 66% 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, 1912–1926 (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.