Junior

Girl · recorded 1920–1995

  • 1995last recorded
  • 1927best year

Most popular in 1927.

Last recorded in 1995. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1920

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 18 recorded years as a table
Junior, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19208
192210
192310
192410
192511
192612
192716
192815
192913
19306
193111
193214
19347
19355
19368
19386
19405
19953

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Junior 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.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1995
5
Rank in 1995
#13,386
How rare
1 in 351,709 girls
Since 1920
195

Junior was last recorded in 1995. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1927, at 16 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Junior doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

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