The name Junior is of English origin, and is a nickname for a boy who has the same name as his father.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Junior has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Junior
Use of the Name Junior for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
36,147
8,131
4,571
2,522
1,459
618
310
The table below indicates the number of times the name Junior has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Junior first appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1882, which is the first year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Junior
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1882
674
9
1883
1884
1885
804
7
1886
1887
1888
872
7
1889
1890
1891
1892
663
11
1893
873
7
1894
1895
1896
703
11
1897
829
8
1898
943
7
1899
753
9
1900
666
15
1901
578
13
1902
603
14
1903
821
9
1904
708
12
1905
558
18
1906
555
18
1907
652
16
1908
481
27
1909
602
20
1910
458
36
1911
517
33
1912
535
56
1913
529
67
1914
502
96
1915
453
148
1916
393
200
1917
335
267
1918
270
391
1919
235
505
1920
193
703
1921
165
882
1922
149
1,026
1923
139
1,174
1924
121
1,494
1925
116
1,540
1926
117
1,589
1927
119
1,585
1928
121
1,481
1929
119
1,446
1930
135
1,317
1931
150
1,069
1932
145
1,115
1933
168
814
1934
172
810
1935
189
682
1936
194
633
1937
211
568
1938
236
510
1939
247
469
1940
271
430
1941
294
391
1942
295
420
1943
303
414
1944
304
389
1945
299
400
1946
345
350
1947
347
386
1948
375
325
1949
396
286
1950
413
267
1951
413
270
1952
436
258
1953
467
226
1954
447
260
1955
484
229
1956
500
228
1957
498
244
1958
544
201
1959
582
183
1960
556
202
1961
570
191
1962
584
178
1963
624
157
1964
601
174
1965
622
149
1966
642
134
1967
712
109
1968
735
104
1969
678
135
1970
799
103
1971
767
114
1972
877
84
1973
791
101
1974
874
85
1975
922
79
1976
828
102
1977
853
101
1978
957
82
1979
922
91
1980
801
120
1981
850
107
1982
765
131
1983
844
107
1984
877
101
1985
855
111
1986
849
114
1987
796
135
1988
796
142
1989
845
141
1990
831
152
1991
822
158
1992
780
179
1993
814
169
1994
786
182
1995
714
222
1996
733
209
1997
729
213
1998
751
213
1999
773
206
2000
676
263
2001
675
268
2002
631
310
2003
647
308
2004
649
310
Totals:
36,147
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Junior as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are slightly lower than actual counts because the name Junior appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 114 times during the last 125 years.