Junior
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About Junior
The name Junior is currently ranked #752 in U.S. births. and peaked for boys at #115 in 1925. The name is most popular in New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Kansas. Junior is occasionally used for girls in 1995.
2 syllables.
As of September 2026, Junior ranked #752 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #115 in 1925.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #818 | 278 | 144.7 |
| 2015 | #826 | 273 | 142.4 |
| 2016 | #811 | 284 | 149.7 |
| 2017 | #864 | 252 | 136.1 |
| 2018 | #795 | 285 | 156.9 |
| 2019 | #821 | 275 | 153.3 |
| 2020 | #749 | 324 | 187.7 |
| 2021 | #739 | 345 | 197.2 |
| 2022 | #773 | 327 | 187.3 |
| 2023 | #736 | 357 | 208.7 |
| 2024 | #682 | 397 | 230.4 |
| 2025 | #752 | 343 | 200.8 |
World rankings
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Famous Juniors
- Robert Glenn "Junior" Johnson
Jr., American NASCAR driver
- Tiaina Baul "Junior" Seau
Jr., American NFL player
- Junior dos Santos
Brazilian mixed martial artist
- Junior Walker
stage name of Autry DeWalt Mixon Jr., American R&B singer
- Norman Washington "Junior" Giscombe
English R&B singer
- Junior Murvin (born Murvin Junior Smith)
Jamaican reggae singer
- Junior Marvin (born Donald Hanson Marvin Kerr Richards
Jr.), Jamaican reggae singer
- Júnior (born Antonio Barretto Morales)
Spanish Filipino singer
- Junior Savva Andreas Andre
son of musician Peter Andre and model Katie "Jordan" Price (b. 2005)
- Herschel Junior Walker
American NFL player
- Otis Junior Nixon
American baseball player
- Robert Downey Junior
American actor
Junior in pop culture
- Corrado John "Junior" Soprano Jr.
character on TV's "The Sopranos"
- Hei "Junior" Xiong
character in anime "RWBY"
- "Junior
" 1994 movie starring Danny Devito and Arnold Schwarzenegger, which tracks the development of Junior, a female
- Andre "Junior" Johnson Jr.
son on TV's "Black,ish"
- Bowser Junior
character in videogames “Super Mario Bros”
- Junior
top delivery stork in Warner Bros 2016 film, Storks.
- Junior
character on TV series "Albert and Junior".
- Junior Reigns
character in the american tv series Hawaii five o