Junius
Junius is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 5 births. Its best rank was 336th, in 1891.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 50.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1920151 births
- Best rank
- #336in 1891
- Since 1880
- 5,362people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,362 boys have been named Junius in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1920, with 151 births.
The name has all but left use: 5 births in 2024, against 151 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1928, and the 1920s alone account for 24%. It has spent 68 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Junius | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 173 | |
| 1890s | 239 | |
| 1900s | 258 | |
| 1910s | 909 | |
| 1920s | 1,278 | |
| 1930s | 640 | |
| 1940s | 492 | |
| 1950s | 422 | |
| 1960s | 289 | |
| 1970s | 197 | |
| 1980s | 149 | |
| 1990s | 111 | |
| 2000s | 95 | |
| 2010s | 85 | |
| 2020s | 25 |
In 1920, its biggest year
Junius was the 490th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1920 were John, William, Robert, James and Charles. See all of 1920.
Names that rose and fell with Junius
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Homerpeak 1920
- Clarencepeak 1921
- Horacepeak 1921
- Elmerpeak 1918
- Rufuspeak 1922
- Flemingpeak 1917
- Websterpeak 1915
- Hilliardpeak 1920
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.