How rare is the name Juvenal?

3,751 people in the United States have the first name Juvenal, about 1 in 80,520. It ranks #4,812 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JUVENAL

#4,812

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,751
About
1 in 80,520
This common or more
84.5%
Who bears it

Of the 3,751 people named Juvenal, 95.3% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 2.6% as White and 1.1% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Juvenal peaked in 1991, when 44 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19222025
Peak year
1991
Births that year
44
In 2025*
9 ▼80%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 1,267 babies have been given the name since 1922. 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.

Juvenal by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #5,444. The largest share of babies named Juvenal, 33.9%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1920s#12,17210
1930s#10,55210
1940s#8,37829
1950s#8,44944
1960s#8,00466
1970s#7,560116
1980s#6,436197
1990s#5,444349
2000s#8,814242
2010s#12,921150
2020s#17,26054
Greatest Generation 1901–270.8%
Silent Generation 1928–452.7%
Baby boom 1946–646.3%
Generation X 1965–8013.5%
Millennials 1981–9633.9%
Generation Z 1997–1230.4%
2013 and later12.4%

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.

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Juvenal, most common first.

Also a last name

As a last name, Juvenal ranks #133,930 of 156,621, with 131 people. See Juvenal as a last name

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