Jr

Boy · recorded 1915–2025

  • #4,249in 2025
  • 1 in 71,169boys in 2025
  • −7%last ten years

Most popular in 1927.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1915

0142819151943197019982025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 95 recorded years as a table
Jr, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19158
19179
19189
191910
192012
192111
192215
192310
192414
192527
192617
192728
192819
192920
193019
193117
193210
193310
19349
19357
19365
19379
19389
19399
194012
19427
19435
19444
19464
19483
19592
19623
19634
19645
19655
19664
19676
19685
19693
19705
19716
19724
19735
19744
19753
19765
19775
197812
197918
198017
198112
198212
19834
198411
19858
19869
19879
198811
198921
199011
199111
199213
19938
199413
199511
199612
19979
199810
199913
200015
200113
200217
200317
200417
200517
200616
200717
200814
200913
201015
201112
201214
201317
201414
201515
201616
201721
201815
201914
202014
202116
202211
20238
202416
202514

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Jr isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

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Births in 2025
24
Rank in 2025
#4,249
How rare
1 in 71,169 boys
Since 1915
1,729

Most popular in 1927, at 28 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 7% per million boys born.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.