first name
JUNIOR
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 26,598 people named Junior, 49.8% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 23% as Black and 20.1% as White. 99% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Junior peaked in 1927, when 1,607 babies got the name.
At least 43,182 babies have been given the name since 1882. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Junior by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #301. The largest share of babies named Junior, 31.2%, were born between 1928 and 1945, the Silent Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Junior is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Junior has been most common in West Virginia (6.4×), Arkansas (3.7×), and Kentucky (2.9×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.19×).
38,133 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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Also a last name
As a last name, Junior ranks #9,871 of 156,621, with 3,126 people. See Junior as a last name
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