Junie
Junie was the 1488th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 144 babies. Its best year was 1890, when it ranked 774th; the most babies were born in 2025 (144). Over the last ten years it has moved up 7,719 places. More babies were named Junie in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,488 girls, up 1,504 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 144girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2025144 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,052babies recorded
Junie popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 168 since 1913, 8 in 2025.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,488 | 144 |
| 2020 | #2,992 | 54 |
| 2010 | #18,324 | 5 |
| 2000 | — | — |
| 1990 | #12,023 | 6 |
| 1980 | #7,715 | 8 |
| 1970 | #7,462 | 6 |
| 1960 | #4,304 | 10 |
| 1950 | #3,316 | 11 |
| 1940 | #2,156 | 15 |
| 1930 | #2,484 | 13 |
| 1920 | #2,037 | 19 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | #1,269 | 10 |
| 1890 | #774 | 13 |
| 1880 | #884 | 5 |
How popular is Junie, counting every spelling?
Junie is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,046 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,488 for Junie on its own. Together these spellings went to 220 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junie | 144 | #1,488 | 471 |
| Juni | 71 | #2,498 | 265 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Junie?
144 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Junie (0.04 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Junie born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 58 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Junie.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Junie?
About 1,100 people born in the US named Junie are alive today, with a median age of 8; half are between 3 and 60. That makes Junie a young name: most people with it are children. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Junie by state
How common Junie was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in North Carolina (1.5×). In 39 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Junie: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Junie, they share its era and feel.
Junie is also a nickname for Junior.
Questions about the name Junie
How popular is the name Junie?
Junie was the 1488th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 144 babies. Its best year was 1890, when it ranked 774th; the most babies were born in 2025 (144). Over the last ten years it has moved up 7,719 places. More babies were named Junie in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Junie a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Junie in the US.
Where is Junie most popular?
In 2021–2025, Junie was most common in Missouri (0.09 per 1,000 girls), followed by North Carolina and Ohio.