NameTides

Junior

Junior was the #752 boys' name in the US in 2025 (343 babies), and #497 in England & Wales and #1,718 in Canada.

Junior as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Junior as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandNorthern IrelandEngland & WalesUSIrelandCanada
Junior as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#752 (343)#497 (77)#243 (17)#395 (3)#829 (3)#1,718 (12)
2024#683 (398)#500 (78)#189 (23)#305 (5)—#1,583 (13)
2023#735 (357)#417 (94)#174 (26)#312 (5)#584 (5)#2,336 (7)
2022#773 (327)#404 (105)#271 (14)#414 (3)#572 (5)#1,061 (21)
2021#737 (347)#390 (112)#233 (19)#326 (5)#454 (7)#1,191 (18)
2020#748 (324)#395 (105)#221 (19)#304 (5)—#1,312 (15)
2019#820 (275)#359 (123)#187 (27)——#1,065 (20)
2018#792 (286)#337 (136)#196 (24)#319 (5)#520 (6)#1,021 (21)
2017#862 (253)#347 (137)#177 (31)#250 (7)#710 (3)#1,308 (15)
2016#809 (284)#310 (156)#198 (27)#232 (8)—#1,026 (21)
2015#822 (275)#283 (171)#186 (30)#237 (8)—#1,458 (12)
2014#817 (278)#263 (188)#170 (34)#213 (10)#715 (3)#1,465 (12)
2013#762 (296)#253 (199)#150 (38)#244 (7)—#892 (25)
2012#814 (272)#244 (200)#174 (33)#247 (7)—#885 (25)
2011#784 (285)#246 (195)#155 (39)#218 (9)—#792 (28)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1926 at #117.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1882.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 5,000uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 3,500uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 13,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Junior is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,500 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 3,900 to 1 in 5,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Junior by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #570WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #586MNIllinois: #805ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #770NYMassachusetts: #438MAOregon: #604ORNevada: #516NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #949INOhio: #801OHPennsylvania: #913PANew Jersey: #707NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #643CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: #708KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #670VAMaryland: #634MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #672AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #592TNNorth Carolina: #569NCSouth Carolina: #743SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #552OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #650GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #638TXFlorida: #754FL
Junior (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#6236

Junior (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JuniorCanadaBoys#1,71812
JuniorEngland & WalesBoys#49777
JuniorIrelandBoys#8293
JuniorNorthern IrelandBoys#3953
JuniorScotlandBoys#24317
JuniorUSGirls—too few
JuniorUSBoys#752343