Name Trends

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How popular is “Junior” in the USA?

Number of people named “Junior” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Junior” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Junior” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Junior” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Junior” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Junior” by birth year

This chart shows how “Junior” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1882 9 0.000040626 9 -100%
1885 7 0.000029063 7 -100%
1888 7 0.000023374 7 -100%
1892 11 0.000032897 11 -100%
1893 7 0.000021524 7 -100%
1895 6 0.000017093 6 -100%
1896 11 0.000030771 11 -100%
1897 8 0.000023058 8 -100%
1898 7 0.000018351 7 -100%
1899 9 0.00002653 9 -100%
1900 15 0.000033314 15 -100%
1901 13 0.000037593 13 -100%
1902 14 0.000036201 14 -100%
1903 9 0.00002361 9 -100%
1904 12 0.000029741 12 -100%
1905 18 0.000042461 18 -100%
1906 18 0.000042012 18 -100%
1907 16 0.00003438 16 -100%
1908 27 0.000055254 27 -100%
1909 20 0.000039122 20 -100%
1910 36 0.000060944 36 -100%
1911 33 0.00005122 33 -100%
1912 56 0.000056677 56 -100%
1913 67 0.000058921 67 -100%
1914 96 0.00006778 96 -100%
1915 148 0.000080767 148 -100%
1916 199 0.000102873 199 -100%
1917 268 0.000133549 268 -100%
1918 389 0.000179171 389 -100%
1919 508 0.00024073 508 -100%
1920 708 0.000312908 9 699 -97%
1921 877 0.000375668 877 -100%
1922 1036 0.000452569 12 1024 -98%
1923 1184 0.000514228 12 1172 -98%
1924 1508 0.000633185 13 1495 -98%
1925 1558 0.000667723 13 1545 -98%
1926 1604 0.000698635 14 1590 -98%
1927 1607 0.000692864 19 1588 -98%
1928 1510 0.000667864 17 1493 -98%
1929 1456 0.000664185 14 1442 -98%
1930 1332 0.000599113 7 1325 -99%
1931 1080 0.000513213 12 1068 -98%
1932 1131 0.000535691 15 1116 -97%
1933 822 0.000411114 822 -100%
1934 823 0.00039628 7 816 -98%
1935 682 0.000326331 5 677 -99%
1936 645 0.000310458 8 637 -98%
1937 562 0.000263767 562 -100%
1938 524 0.000236828 7 517 -97%
1939 464 0.00021058 464 -100%
1940 435 0.00018891 6 429 -97%
1941 398 0.000163354 398 -100%
1942 416 0.00015228 416 -100%
1943 416 0.000147384 416 -100%
1944 392 0.000145721 392 -100%
1945 401 0.000151155 401 -100%
1946 351 0.000109849 351 -100%
1947 388 0.000107708 388 -100%
1948 329 0.000095293 329 -100%
1949 284 0.000081497 284 -100%
1950 274 0.000078211 274 -100%
1951 269 0.000073024 269 -100%
1952 254 0.000066877 254 -100%
1953 225 0.000058386 225 -100%
1954 263 0.000066069 263 -100%
1955 232 0.000057782 232 -100%
1956 230 0.000055784 230 -100%
1957 243 0.000057828 243 -100%
1958 201 0.000048622 201 -100%
1959 184 0.000044252 184 -100%
1960 203 0.000048871 203 -100%
1961 193 0.000046592 193 -100%
1962 177 0.000043862 177 -100%
1963 158 0.000039917 158 -100%
1964 173 0.0000445 173 -100%
1965 149 0.000041098 149 -100%
1966 135 0.000038842 135 -100%
1967 110 0.000032402 110 -100%
1968 102 0.000030192 102 -100%
1969 135 0.000038845 135 -100%
1970 103 0.000028559 103 -100%
1971 114 0.000033213 114 -100%
1972 84 0.000026726 84 -100%
1973 100 0.000033147 100 -100%
1974 87 0.000028618 87 -100%
1975 80 0.000026495 80 -100%
1976 103 0.000033945 103 -100%
1977 102 0.000032111 102 -100%
1978 83 0.000026151 83 -100%
1979 91 0.000027352 91 -100%
1980 120 0.000034838 120 -100%
1981 107 0.00003093 107 -100%
1982 132 0.000037629 132 -100%
1983 107 0.000030895 107 -100%
1984 101 0.00002895 101 -100%
1985 111 0.0000311 111 -100%
1986 114 0.000032049 114 -100%
1987 135 0.000037442 135 -100%
1988 144 0.000038971 144 -100%
1989 140 0.000036416 140 -100%
1990 152 0.000038457 152 -100%
1991 158 0.000040562 158 -100%
1992 181 0.00004712 181 -100%
1993 169 0.000044824 169 -100%
1994 182 0.000048956 182 -100%
1995 229 0.000062531 5 224 -96%
1996 209 0.000057304 209 -100%
1997 214 0.000059022 214 -100%
1998 213 0.000057909 213 -100%
1999 206 0.000055768 206 -100%
2000 265 0.000070108 265 -100%
2001 270 0.000072127 270 -100%
2002 311 0.000083193 311 -100%
2003 311 0.000081792 311 -100%
2004 316 0.000082703 316 -100%
2005 370 0.000096233 370 -100%
2006 378 0.000095547 378 -100%
2007 401 0.000100308 401 -100%
2008 381 0.00009693 381 -100%
2009 335 0.000087692 335 -100%
2010 291 0.000078739 291 -100%
2011 285 0.000077916 285 -100%
2012 271 0.000074097 271 -100%
2013 295 0.000080918 295 -100%
2014 278 0.000075006 278 -100%
2015 273 0.000073766 273 -100%
2016 284 0.000077412 284 -100%
2017 252 0.000070466 252 -100%
2018 285 0.00008106 285 -100%
2019 275 0.000079229 275 -100%
2020 324 0.000096989 324 -100%
2021 345 0.000101832 345 -100%
2022 327 0.000096656 327 -100%
2023 357 0.000107816 357 -100%
2024 397 0.000119273 397 -100%

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