Junie vs Junor
American parents have registered 2,052 Junies since 1880, against 8 Junors. Junie is still ahead, with 152 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Junie Junor
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Junie has been the commoner name in every year either was published, 1880 to 2025. The lead has never changed hands.
The closest they came was 1927, when Junie had 25 and Junor had 8.
Side by side
| Junie | Junor | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 2,052 | 8 |
| Most in one year | 152 | 8 |
| Babies in 2025 | 152 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 1,200 | 0 |
| Median age today | 7 | 98 |
| Peak year | 2025 | 1927 |
| Best rank | 1,484th girls | 3,151st boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 1,484th | unranked |
| First recorded | 1880 | 1927 |
| Girls / boys | 1,884 / 168 | 0 / 8 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Junors alive today are over 98; half the Junies are over 7. That is 91 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Junie and Junor.