Junior
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Junior
The line should end with Junior Soprano. While most would expect this to be a nickname rather than an actual given name, Junior has always ranked in the US Top 1000, hitting its peak in 1925 at Number 116.
Junior is also given to girls.
Pronounced JOO-nyur.
As of October 2026, Junior ranked #752 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #115 in 1925.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #818 | 278 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #826 | 273 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #811 | 284 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #864 | 252 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #795 | 285 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #821 | 275 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #749 | 324 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #739 | 345 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #773 | 327 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #736 | 357 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #682 | 397 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #752 | 343 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Junior for boys
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Junior on lists
Famous Juniors
- Robert Glenn "Junior" JohnsonBoy
Jr., American NASCAR driver
- Tiaina Baul "Junior" SeauBoy
Jr., American NFL player
- Junior dos SantosBoy
Brazilian mixed martial artist
- Junior WalkerBoy
stage name of Autry DeWalt Mixon Jr., American R&B singer
- Norman Washington "Junior" GiscombeBoy
English R&B singer
- Junior Murvin (born Murvin Junior Smith)Boy
Jamaican reggae singer
- Junior Marvin (born Donald Hanson Marvin Kerr RichardsBoy
Jr.), Jamaican reggae singer
- Júnior (born Antonio Barretto Morales)Boy
Spanish Filipino singer
- Junior Savva Andreas AndreBoy
son of musician Peter Andre and model Katie "Jordan" Price (b. 2005)
- Herschel Junior WalkerBoy
American NFL player
- Otis Junior NixonBoy
American baseball player
- Robert Downey JuniorBoy
American actor
Junior in pop culture
- Corrado John "Junior" Soprano Jr.Boy
character on TV's "The Sopranos"
- Hei "Junior" XiongBoy
character in anime "RWBY"
- "JuniorBoy
" 1994 movie starring Danny Devito and Arnold Schwarzenegger, which tracks the development of Junior, a female
- Andre "Junior" Johnson Jr.Boy
son on TV's "Black,ish"
- Bowser JuniorBoy
character in videogames “Super Mario Bros”
- JuniorBoy
top delivery stork in Warner Bros 2016 film, Storks.
- JuniorBoy
character on TV series "Albert and Junior".
- Junior ReignsBoy
character in the american tv series Hawaii five o