Junior
Boy nameJunior has been given to 43,182 babies in the U.S. since 1882. It peaked in 1927 and currently ranks #752 for boys (2025).
Meaning & origin
From junior. The town in West Virginia was established on November 13, 1897, and named after Henry G. Davis Jr. (1871–1896), a son of United States Senator from West Virginia Henry G. Davis (1823–1916) who had been drowned at sea off the Atlantic Coast of South Africa while returning home on the steamship Munkesenton.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025
Total babies
43,182
Peak year
1927 (1,607 babies)
Rank in 2025
#752 for boys
First recorded
1882
10-year trend
▲ +25%
Gender split
0% girls / 100% boys
Famous people named Junior
Castello Lukeba
French footballer (born 2002)
Junior Agogo
Ghanaian association football player (1979-2019)
Junior Messias
Brazilian footballer (born 1991)
Júnior Alonso
Paraguayan association football player
Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).
Names with a similar vibe
Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Junior.
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